Prostrate Vervain

(Verbena bracteata)

Characteristics

Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Procumbent or decument annual or short-lived perennial

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots spreading from rough taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves oppositely arranged, simple, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, pinnately lobed, toothed margins

Reproduction: Flower spikes erect, usually solitary, corolla bluish to lavender/purple

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}