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Plants erect not rooting at nodes Verbena
Leaves sessile, often stem-clasping, coarsely serrate, 3–18 cm long. Spikes dense both in flower and fruit. Scabrous to hairy perennials
Spikes sub-cylindrical. Peduncles without glandular hairs. Corolla tube rarely twice as long as calyx. Stems scabrous pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate. Perennial or annual herb to 2 m high. Widespread. Weed of cultivation and waste places. Introd. from S. America. Fl. spring–autumn. Purple Top Verbena bonariensisbonariensis