Species

Verbena bonariensis

Common Name(s)

purple-top, purple-top vervain

Family

Verbenaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

VERBON

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Violet / Purple

Year Naturalised

1871

Origin

E. S. America (Brazil to Argentina)

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010