✿Verbenaceae · Verbena
Sandpaper Verbena
Verbena rigida
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Verbena rigida
- Genus
- Verbena
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Central and South America
- Distribution
- Introduced in Old world
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sandpaper Verbena itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sandpaper Verbena itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sandpaper Verbena
Sandpaper Verbena (Verbena rigida) belongs to the Verbenaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Sandpaper Verbena belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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