New York Metropolitan Flora | Species: Verbena bonariensis

Verbena bonariensis L. - Purpletop Vervain

Non-native

By Science Staff

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 03/09/2012

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Common Names

Purpletop Vervain

General Discussion

There are a few reports of this widely-cultivated species in the Northeast- New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. It may eventually be confirmed in our area, but no definitive adventive populations have yet been seen.