Common name: Veined Verbena
Verbena rigida var. rigida Spreng. APNI* Description: Perennial herb, mostly 0.2–0.5 m high; branches erect or ascending from a creeping rhizome, finely scabrous.
Leaves oblong-ovate or narrow-obovate, 4–12 cm long, 1–4 cm wide; apex acuminate; base ± cordate and partly stem-clasping; margins coarsely toothed, often slightly revolute, glabrous, scabrous, rigid; sessile.
Inflorescence a lax terminal corymb with long branches ending in a dense spike; bracts conspicuously longer than calyx. Calyx 5-toothed, 4–6 mm long. Corolla reddish purple, pale lilac or blue-violet, 2–3 times as long as calyx; tube 8–10 mm long.
Flowering: Throughout the year.
Distribution and occurrence: Weed of waste ground; widespread, especially in coastal districts, north from Albury. Native of S Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *S.A. *W.A.
B.J. Conn (1992)
| The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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