Thursday, March 31, 2011

Plant of the Week

Hoary vervain
Verbena stricta Vent.
other common names: mullein-leaved verbena, woolly verbena
Verbena: a Latin name for any sacred herb
Stricta: meaning “strict”
Vervain family: Verbenaceae

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition

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