| Other Names | Slender Vervain | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Verbena halei | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Verbena ( Verbenaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 united petals; 2 - lipped flowers
Erect plant 1 - 1.5 feet tall. Several branches in upper party. Leaves vary widely, sometimes deeply cut with leaves slightly toothed. Sometimes with smooth margins. Several small flowers in long loos clusters, blooming around the stem from the bottom up, usually 6-20 flowers blooming at that same time. Flowers a bluish to lavender, 1/4 inch across, trumpet shaped, ending in 5 petal-like lobes. The vervain species are numerous and very difficult to separate. | |||||||||||||
February - November
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