Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida

Robust vervain

Family: Verbenaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Robust vervain is a California native perennial found in southern Northwest California, southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehama, Sacramento Valley, Central Western, Southern California, Channel Islands, Western Transverse Ranges, and western Peninsular Ranges in open, dry to wet places at elevations below 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces lavender to purple flowers in dense, slender spikes. Growing with erect stems 20 to 60 centimeters tall, it forms clumps with multiple branching stalks. Its leaves are green and distinctively stiff-hairy, creating a rough texture on the upper surface. The small nutlets have a white, papillate scar that provides a distinctive identifying characteristic.

Habitat: Open, dry to wet places

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: < 2300 m

Bioregions: s NW, s SNF, Teh, ScV, CW, SCo, ChI (exc San Clemente Island), WTR, w PR

California counties: San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Kern, Colusa, Orange, San Diego, Glenn, San Bernardino, Mendocino, Monterey, Tulare, Trinity, Sonoma, Marin, Lake, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Butte, Sutter, Fresno, Tehama, Alameda, San Mateo, Calaveras, Napa, Solano

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