Verbena officinalis L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Vervain
🇫🇷 Verveine officinale, Verveine sauvage

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 officinalis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

V. officinalis var. africana (R.Fern. & Verdc.) Munir, 2002;
V. officinalis var. officinalis L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/verbena-officinalis-2.webp — Verbena officinalis

img/verbena-officinalis.webp — Verbena officinalis

img/verbena-officinalis-3.webp — Verbena officinalis - Cauline leaf

Sources

Bilz, M. (2012). Verbena officinalis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164308/1040163
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1070). Biotope.