Verbena hybrida

• Botanical Name : Verbena hybrida Voss
• Synonyms : Verbena hortensis Vilm.
• Common Name : Garden Vervain, Verbena, Garden Verbena
• Plant Family : Verbenaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Van Chetana Kendra

About Verbena hybrida Plant :

• Habit : A herbaceous perennial but generally grown as an annual.
• Leaves : Opposite, highly dissected, hairy.
• Inflorescence : Flower heads on erect stalks making spikes consisting of tiny flowers.
• Flowers : Flowers showy and in a wide variety of colours from blue, violet, purple, rose, red, yellow white to bicolors.
• Fruit : Berry
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : May - October
• Significance : It is generally used for bedding, edging or in rock gardens.