Slender Vervain (Verbena rigida)

Slender Vervain, a reference photo — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Verbena rigida, known as slender vervain or tuberous vervain, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Verbenaceae. It is native to Brazil and Argentina, and is not fully hardy in temperate climates, where consequently it is grown from seed as an annual.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Slender Vervain being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Verbena intermedia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Verbena
Species: Verbena rigida

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