Blue Vervain

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata L.

Verbenaceae (The Verbena Family)

▲ seedling

▲ mature, flowering plant

▲ ▼ flowers

▲ ▼ leaves

Blue Vervain:

Native, short-lived, simple perennial that grows 2-4 feet tall with slender terminal spikelets with purplish-blue flowers
Leaves lanceolate, with indented veins, bright green, with some rough hairs (not woolly as with Hoary Vervain
Similar to hoary vervain except blue vervain leaves have petioles and blue vervain is more commonly found in wet soils along streams and lakes