| Accepted name: |
Verbena hastata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Verbena hastata L. var. pinnatifida Britton
-Verbena paniculata Lam.
-Verbena pinnatifida Lam.
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| English names: |
False Vervain
Blue Vervain
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| French names: |
Vervaine hastée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HVERHA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Used for afterpains and taken as a tonic. Compound taken for flux, old bowel complaints and dysentery. Taken as a tonic for breast complaints. Leaves, seeds and roots used as an emetic. Taken for colds and coughs(*7)(3) |
| Key Characters: |
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