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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : vebof

Scientific name: Verbena officinalis L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Verbenaceae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: vervain

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Gewöhnliches Eisenkraut ; ES : verbena ; FR : verveine officinale ; IT : verbena comune ; PT : erva-dos-leprosos ; EN : vervain ;

Biological type: Perennial

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, clavate tip, more or less stalked.

- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 40-80 cm. Plant slightly hairy.

- Stem erect, 4-angled, grooved alternatively on opposite sides, branched.

- Leaves opposite: lower stalked elliptic, lengthened, markedly dentate, further ovate or oblong, cut, dentate, pinnatifid.

- Flowers blueish or lilac, small in long filiform and lax spikes arranged in terminal panicle.

- Fruits enclosed, opening in 4 achenes.

- Plant vulnerary and discutient in cataplasms.

- Biological type: perennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Rare     Spain  Rare     France  Present     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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