Verbena litoralis
Seashore vervain
Family: Verbenaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native
Seashore vervain is a naturalized perennial herb found in northern Sierra Nevada foothills, northern San Joaquin Valley, and Sacramento Valley in disturbed places and fields at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces violet to purple flowers in dense spikes 3 to 7 centimeters long. Growing with erect stems 40 to 150 centimeters tall that are glabrous to sparsely short-bristly, it has a variable habit as a biennial or perennial. Its leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, 3 to 10 centimeters long with irregular serrated edges and nearly sessile at the base. The small fruits measure 1 to 1.5 millimeters in length.
Habitat: Disturbed places, fields
Bloom period: May-Oct
Elevation: < 200 m
Bioregions: n&c SNF, ScV, n SnJV
California counties: San Diego, Butte, Ventura, Yolo, Amador, San Joaquin, El Dorado, Placer, Sutter, Colusa, Calaveras, Glenn, Yuba, Contra Costa, Stanislaus, San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Monterey
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