Verbenaceae FAMILY

Verbena urticifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Verbena urticifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant (sometimes annual) growing 40 - 150cm tall[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. , 72 Title Manual of the Southeastern Flora. Publication Author Small J.K. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher University of N. Carolina Press. Year 1933 ISBN Description Getting rather dated now, an immense work covering the flora of Southeastern N. America. No pictures, it is not for the casual reader. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeN. America - Saskatchewan to Quebec, south to Arizona, Texas and Florida

HabitatWoodlands, pastures, along streams, roadsides and waste areas[ 228 Title Flora of the Great Plains. Publication Author McGregor. R. L. & Barkley. T. M. Publisher University Press of Kansas. Year 1986 ISBN 070060295x Description A useful source of habitats. ]. Disturbed soils, roadsides, successional fields, thickets, forested openings, and edges of forests in wet to mesic soils.