Native Plants
Verbena halei
Verbena halei Small
Texas Vervain, Slender Verbena, Texas Verbena, Slender Vervain
Verbenaceae (Verbena Family)
USDA Symbol: VEHAUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Verbena officinalis ssp. halei
Slender Vervain, Texas Vervain
Verbenaceae
Location: 1 km E of intersection of Hwy 16 & RR 3550, near Poteet.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Dry red clay and sand. Full sun. Prosopis dominate in the area.
Description: Erect, much branched perennial from woody root, 50 cm tall. Leaves variable; lower, incised & dentate; middle, 1-2 pinnatified; upper, entire or barely toothed. Spikes slender, elongate. Flowers, small, tubular, blue, scarcely exceeding calyx, not crowded.
County: Atascosa
Collector: Louise Morrell
Collection Date: Jul 30, 1993
Specimen number: 13
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0479
Accession Date: Jul 30, 1993
Accession Number: 37
Annotations: SCFRB [V. halei]