Native Flowers Verbena hastata

Categories

Native Flowers

Sort by Color

Shoreline Restoration Supplies

Books & More

Gift Certificates

Navigation

Your Wheelbarrow

0 itemsView Wheelbarrow

Verbena hastata

*Blue Vervain*

Click to enlarge

Most photos by Ann Grandy and Sally J.A.Finzel, unless otherwise noted to the left. Please ask for permission before using images.

Soil: Hydric(Wet) to Mesic(Medium)
Sun: Full
Height: 1'-3.5'
Color: Purple
Blooms: July-September
Flowers: The flower head is a long thick spike of tube-like flowers that bloom from the bottom up. There are several spikes per plant. The flowers are about 1/4" wide, with 5 petals, 4 stamens and 1 pistil.
Leaves: The opposite leaves are 4"-6" long, lance-shaped, rough textured and toothed. They grow on a square, grooved stem.

Suggested Uses:

This is a very useful wildflower for the larger shoreline restoration project or rain garden. It is attractive to birds, butterflies and pollinating bees.

Interesting Facts

Food Uses: The roasted seeds can be ground into flour.
Other Uses: Attractive to butterflies.
More Info: Sometimes confused with mints due to its square stem.
Name: "Verbena" is Latin for "Sacred Plant."
Other Names: Swamp Verbena, Blue Verbena

Option	Price	Quantity
Seed Packets (at least 25 seeds)	$2.95
3 1/2-inch pots	$4.25
6-pack	$6.95
5 3/4-inch pots	$7.95

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Viola pubescens	Houstonia longifolia	Dodecatheon amethystinum
Castilleja coccinea	Campanulastrum americanum (Campanula americana)	Osmunda claytoniana

Do not use native plants for food or medicine based on the information in this website. The information listed here is included for entertainment only, not as a recommendation. Please do not eat any native plants!

Morning Sky Greenery is a Minnesota Native Plant Nursery, growing native plants for shoreline restoration, raingardens and infiltration basins, and backyard butterfly, birdwatcher and pollinator gardens. We carry many native plants of North America, specifically midwest varieties. We have the expertise and the plants available to make any size native landscape or garden project a success!

MN Native Wildflowers and Grasses • Native Prairie Plants • Native Plants of North America &bull Shoreline Restoration &bull Native Raingardens