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Purpletop Vervain
Purpletop Vervain
Verbena bonariensis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Short-lived perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

This tall, slender plant grows in open fields and sunny meadows. Its tiny purple flowers produce a nectar that attracts over twenty different butterfly species.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Verbenaceae
Genus
Verbena
Species
Verbena bonariensis