Inflorescence, close-up; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; 11/2012 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; 11/2012 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; 11/2012 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; 11/2012 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Egerton University, Nakuru, Kenya; 11/2012 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2638 Date of entry: 14.04.2020 Last update: 14.04.2020
English: Purpletop vervain
German: Argentinisches Eisenkraut
Portuguese: Urgebão
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Lamiales (178)
Family: Verbenaceae (14)(family description)
Genus: Verbena (2)
Epithet: bonariensis L. (2)
bonariensis => of or from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
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