DNR - Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)

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Common Name: Blue Vervain
Latin Name: Verbena hastata
Habitat: Damp thickets, shores, roadsides
Blooms: Summer

Found in more moist soils than its cousin, hoary vervain

Close up view of Blue Vervain

Blue Vervain


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