Verbenaceae FAMILY

Verbena hastata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Blue vervain can interfere with blood pressure medications and hormone therapy[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. Large doses will induce vomiting and diarrhoea[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].

Botanical Description

Verbena hastata is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing from a spreading rhizomatous rootstock.It grows 60 - 150cm tall, producing a slowly-spreading cluster of erect stems that branch above[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeN. America - British Colombia to Quebec and Nova Scotia, south to California, Texas and Florida

HabitatSwales, damp thickets and shores[ 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. ]. Moist meadows, thickets, and pastures, as well as riversides, marshes, ditches, and river-bottom prairies[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].