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Verbena
Verbena Γ hybrida
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An ornamental plant widely used in flower beds and street plantings. Small flowers bloom in dense clusters in a wide range of colors including red, pink, purple, and white. It flowers over a long period from spring to autumn.
Identification Points
- βSmall flowers clustered in umbrella-shaped (corymbose) inflorescences
- βMany cultivars have spreading stems that trail along the ground
- βLeaves are opposite with coarse serrations
Habitat
Flower beds, planters, and street plantings
Season
AprilβNovember (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Growth form
Herb
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf margin
Serrate
Habitat
Cultivated
Venation
Pinnate
Petal count
Many
Stipules
Absent
Ovary position
Superior
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
1-2
Phylogenetic Positionγ―γγγ γ©η§ β
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Lamiales > Verbenaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene to Neogene
Evolution Notes
Verbenaceae is closely related to Lamiaceae (the mint family) under the APG system, belonging to a lineage that evolved labiate (lip-shaped) flowers.
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