Hoary Vervain

Hoary Vervain, Woolly Vervain

Verbena stricta Vent.

Verbenaceae (Verbena Family)

▲ seedling

▲ young plant

▲ flowering plant

▲ ▼ flowers

Hoary Vervain:

Native short-lived perennial, growing 3-5 feet tall, with opposite, oval, toothed, hairy, textured leaves
Flowers are in narrow, upright racemes, usually blue or purple in color (sometimes white)
Found in fallow fields, pastures, disturbed sites, roadsides
FHas broader, more hairy leaves and not as blue flowers as similar blue vervain