Characteristics
Dicots
Verbena halei Small
TEXAS VERVAIN
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This taxon had previously been considered a subspecies of V. officinalis (Barber 1982), while others have preferred treating as a species (Nesom 2010). DNA data support recognition of it as a species (Yuan & Olmstead 2008; Yuan et al. 2012).
Native
Classification
Citation
VERBENA HALEI Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 617. 1898.
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LOUISIANA: Without data, Hale 245 (lectotype: NY; isolectotype: GH). Lectotypified by Moldenke, Phytologia 9: 162. 1963; Munir, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 20: 93-94. 2002.