Verbena nodifloraL. [family VERBENACEAE], (1753). Fig. 247. [type as above]
Information
Stems 10–50 cm long, covered by fine appressed hairs. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, 0.5–5 x 0.2–3 cm, serrate in apical part, cuneate and entire in basal part, glabrous or appressed pubescent. Spikes purplish, cylindrical, 0.3–2.5 cm long; bracts broadly obovate to oblate-cuspidate, 2–3 x 3–5 mm; peduncles 0.5–8 cm long. Calyx c. 1.4 mm long. Corolla mauve, pink or white with yellow centre; tube c. 1.5 mm long; lobes 0.6–0.8 mm in diam. Fruit rounded obovoid, 1.2 x 1–1.2 mm.
Range
N1–3; C2; S1–3 throughout tropical Africa and also in many other tropical, subtropical and warm temperate areas.
