Scientific Name
Verbena tenuisecta
Common Name
Moss verbena

Characteristics

Season
spring
Height
8-12 inches
Hardiness
USDA Hardiness Zone 8-10
Flower Color
purple
Soil
well drained
Exposure
full sun
Propagation
terminal cuttings in spring, seed
North Carolina Regions
Coastal Plain
Comments
A spreading plant, Moss verbena is naturalized from Georgia to Florida, growing in old fields, waste areas and roadsides. Very attractive to butterflies. A cultivar 'Alba' has white flowers.
Origin
Southern South America

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

Images: ©Alice B. Russell and Erv Evans

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