Verbenaceae FAMILY

Verbena stricta

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Verbena stricta is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a narrow clump of stems and growing 60 - 120cm tall. Plants often self-sow freely, often forming large colonies[ 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. ]. 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 RangeCentral and southern N. America - Ontario to Quebec, south to Arizona, Texas and Georgia

HabitatRoadsides and other dry open places[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Prairies, glades, thickets, fields, waste ground and along railroads and roadsides[ 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. ].