Verbena incompta P.W.Michael, 1995

Common names

🇫🇷 Verveine inélégante

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Tribe: Verbeneae
Genus: Verbena
Species: Verbena incompta

Presence

Introduced.

Notes

Possible confusion with V. bonariensis L., 1753, whose flowers are a bright violet, while those of V. incompta are a dull violet.

Possible confusion with V. brasiliensis Vell., 1829, whose median cauline leaves have a cuneate base, while those of V. incompta have an auriculate base and are amplexicaul.

This species is sometimes merged into V. brasiliensis Vell., 1829.

Photographs

img/verbena-incompta-7.webp — *Verbena incompta*

img/verbena-incompta-8.webp — *Verbena incompta*

img/verbena-incompta.webp — *Verbena incompta*

img/verbena-incompta-2.webp — *Verbena incompta*

img/verbena-incompta-3.webp — *Verbena incompta* - Leaves

img/verbena-incompta-4.webp — *Verbena incompta* - Leaf

img/verbena-incompta-5.webp — *Verbena incompta* - Top leaves

img/verbena-incompta-6.webp — *Verbena incompta* - Leaf base

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1071). Biotope.