Verbena bracteata

Bigbract verbena

Family: Verbenaceae · Type: annual · Native

Bigbract verbena is a California native annual herb found in the California Ranges, Great Valley, southern Coast Ranges, southwestern California, Great Basin, and Desert regions in open, disturbed places and near pond or lake margins at elevations below 2,200 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces white to lavender or blue flowers in dense spikes 6 to 10 millimeters wide. Growing with prostrate to decumbent stems 8 to 30 centimeters long, it spreads out with few to many stems emerging from its base. Its leaves are roughly hairy, oblanceolate, 1 to 3 centimeters long, with coarsely serrated edges tapering to a flat petiole. The tiny fruits measure 1 to 2 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Open, disturbed places, pond or lake margins

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: < 2200 m

Bioregions: CaR, GV, SCoR, SW, GB, D

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Tuolumne, Santa Barbara, Inyo, Riverside, Orange, Ventura, Kern, San Diego, Monterey, Imperial, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Merced, Lassen, Amador, Mono, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Madera, Sierra, Kings, El Dorado

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.