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Internal ID UUID643ff064c026c380199456
Scientific name Verbena bonariensis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 20 (1753)

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Verbena bonariensis, also known as purpletop vervain, is a flowering plant in the verbena family. It is native to tropical South America and is cultivated as an annual or perennial in horticulture. The plant has tall stems, fragrant purple flowers, and ovate leaves. Its name is derived from Latin and Celtic words, and its specific epithet refers to its origin in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a member of the South American vervains and has two subspecies. V. bonariensis is commonly grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks, and is known for attracting butterflies and providing nectar for bees. It is hardy in USDA Zones 7-11 and can be grown as an annual in colder climates. However, its ability to self-seed has raised concerns about it becoming an invasive species in some areas.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Verbena bonariensis f. albiflora Moldenke Phytologia 3: 117 (1949)
Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata Briq. Ark. Bot. 2(10): 11 (1904)
Verbena bonariensis var. hispida Moldenke Phytologia 33(6): 374. 1976
Verbena bonariensis var. longibracteata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 255 (1898)
Verbena bonariensis f. robustior Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 2: 817 (1902)
Verbena elongata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 71 (1796)
Verbena inamoena Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 1058 (1904)
Verbena intercedens Briq. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 4: 1057 (1904)

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Language Common/alternative name
English purpletop vervain
English tall verbena
English pretty verbena
English clustertop vervain
Arabic رعي الحمام الأمريكي
Azerbaijani buenos-ayres minaçiçəyi
Czech sporýš klasnatý
Welsh ferfain yr ariannin
Danish kæmpe-jernurt
German patagonisches eisenkraut
German schleier-eisenkraut
German argentinische verbene
German argentinisches eisenkraut
Persian شاهپسند ارغوانی
French verveine de buenos-aires
Japanese ヤナギハナガサ
Lithuanian patagoninė verbena
Dutch stijf ijzerhard
Russian Вербена буэнос-айресская
Slovak železník argentínsky
Swedish jätteverbena
Chinese 柳葉馬鞭草
Chinese 柳叶马鞭草

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Saint Helena
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Malaya
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • South European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Missouri
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts
      • New York
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • South-central Pacific
      • Easter Island
      • Tubuai Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
      • Niue
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Jamaica
      • Puerto Rico
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000331695
Flora of Alabama 3690
Canadensys 9459
USDA Plants VEBO
Tropicos 33700509
INPN 128748
Flora of Italy 4392
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286794-2
The Plant List kew-212118
Missouri Botanical Garden 267434
Missouri Botanical Garden 287454
Open Tree Of Life 595183
Observations.org 9229
NCBI Taxonomy 28516
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000034355
Nature Serve 2.132431
IPNI 286794-2
iNaturalist 79487
GBIF 2925514
Freebase /m/02z3n68
EPPO VEBBO
EOL 579783
Calflora (Californian flora) 8228
USDA GRIN 41154
Wikipedia Verbena_bonariensis
CMAUP NPO23186

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Assessing Alien Plant Invasions in Urban Environments: A Case Study of Tshwane University of Technology and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation Nelufule T, Shivambu TC, Shivambu N, Moshobane MC, Seoraj-Pillai N, Nangammbi T Plants (Basel) 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975853
doi:10.3390/plants13060872
PMID:38592858
The reference genome and abiotic stress responses of the model perennial grass Brachypodium sylvaticum Lei L, Gordon SP, Liu L, Sade N, Lovell JT, Rubio Wilhelmi MD, Singan V, Sreedasyam A, Hestrin R, Phillips J, Hernandez BT, Barry K, Shu S, Jenkins J, Schmutz J, Goodstein DM, Thilmony R, Blumwald E, Vogel JP G3 (Bethesda) 26-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10755203
doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkad245
PMID:37883711
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
A 12-Year Experimental Design to Test the Recovery of Butterfly Biodiversity in an Urban Ecosystem: Lessons from the Parc Urbain des Papillons Deschamps-Cottin M, Jacek G, Seguinel L, Le Champion C, Robles C, Ternisien M, Duque C, Vila B Insects 24-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10607803
doi:10.3390/insects14100780
PMID:37887792
The Role of Lignin in the Compartmentalization of Cadmium in Maize Roots Is Enhanced by Mycorrhiza Lao R, Guo Y, Hao W, Fang W, Li H, Zhao Z, Li T J Fungi (Basel) 15-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10455880
doi:10.3390/jof9080852
PMID:37623623
Re-Examination of Several Elsinoë Species Reported from Japan Ujat AH, Ono T, Hattori Y, Nakashima C Mycobiology 15-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10288934
doi:10.1080/12298093.2023.2219049
PMID:37359956
Distribution, Effect, and Control of Exotic Plants in Republic of Korea Lim BS, Seok JE, Lim CH, Kim GS, Shin HC, Lee CS Biology (Basel) 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294914
doi:10.3390/biology12060826
PMID:37372111
Pest categorisation of Pantoea ananatis Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Maiorano A, Streissl F, Reignault PL EFSA J 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9989851
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7849
PMID:36895574
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Genome-wide association and dissociation studies in Pantoea ananatis reveal potential virulence factors affecting Allium porrum and Allium fistulosum  ×  Allium cepa hybrid Myers BK, Shin GY, Agarwal G, Stice SP, Gitaitis RD, Kvitko BH, Dutta B Front Microbiol 02-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9933511
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1094155
PMID:36817114
Native and exotic plants play different roles in urban pollination networks across seasons Zaninotto V, Thebault E, Dajoz I Oecologia 24-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9872067
doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05324-x
PMID:36692691
Medicinal plants utilized in the management of epilepsy in Ethiopia: ethnobotany, pharmacology and phytochemistry Birhan YS Chin Med 19-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9675240
doi:10.1186/s13020-022-00686-5
PMID:36403053
Integrating transcriptome and chemical analyses to reveal the anti-Alzheimer’s disease components in Verbena officinalis Linn Peng S, Li F, Yu K, Zhou F, Yu H, Liu H, Guo J, Li G, Wang C, Yan X, Li Z Front Plant Sci 04-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9386363
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.955075
PMID:35991454
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Revealing the Potential Mechanism of Low-Temperature Stress in Machilus microcarpa He X, Long F, Li Y, Xu Y, Hu L, Yao T, Huang Y, Hu D, Yang Y, Fei Y Front Plant Sci 19-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9348548
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.900870
PMID:35937341
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PMCID:PMC9143062
doi:10.3390/insects13050442
PMID:35621825

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Betulinic Acid 64971 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C(=O)O 456.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Canophyllol 7330581 Click to see CC1C(=O)CCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)CO)C)C)C)C 442.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Epifriedelanol 119242 Click to see CC1C(CCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C)O 428.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Friedelane 15559345 Click to see CC1CCCC2C1(CCC3C2(CCC4(C3(CCC5(C4CC(CC5)(C)C)C)C)C)C)C 412.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
Stigmasterol 5280794 Click to see CCC(C=CC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 412.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / Xanthones
1,5-Dihydroxyxanthone 5480299 Click to see C1=CC2=C(C(=C1)O)OC3=CC=CC(=C3C2=O)O 228.20 unknown via CMAUP database
Buchanaxanthone 5481840 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC2=C1OC3=CC=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O 258.23 unknown via CMAUP database
Euxanthone 5281631 Click to see C1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OC3=C(C2=O)C=C(C=C3)O)O 228.20 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / Xanthones / 2-prenylated xanthones
1,3,5-Trihydroxy-2-prenyl-9H-xanthene-9-one 9995643 Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C2=C(C=C1O)OC3=C(C2=O)C=CC=C3O)O)C 312.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / Xanthones / 8-prenylated xanthones
Calabaxanthone 341188 Click to see CC(=CCC1=C(C=CC2=C1C(=O)C3=C(C4=C(C=C3O2)OC(C=C4)(C)C)O)OC)C 392.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / Xanthones / Pyranoxanthones
6-Deoxyjacareubin 5281629 Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C=C3C(=C2O)C(=O)C4=C(O3)C(=CC=C4)O)C 310.30 unknown via CMAUP database
Jacareubin 5281644 Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C=C3C(=C2O)C(=O)C4=C(O3)C(=C(C=C4)O)O)C 326.30 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Pyranocoumarins / Angular pyranocoumarins
4-Propyl-6beta,7alpha,10,10-tetramethyl-6,7-dihydro-2H,8H,10H-benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b':5,6-b'']tripyran-2,8-dione 12444385 Click to see CCCC1=CC(=O)OC2=C3C=CC(OC3=C4C(=O)C(C(OC4=C12)C)C)(C)C 368.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Neoflavonoids / Prenylated neoflavonoids
(10R,11R)-10,11,16,16-tetramethyl-6-phenyl-3,9,15-trioxatetracyclo[12.4.0.02,7.08,13]octadeca-1,5,7,13,17-pentaene-4,12-dione 11014914 Click to see CC1C(OC2=C3C(=CC(=O)OC3=C4C=CC(OC4=C2C1=O)(C)C)C5=CC=CC=C5)C 402.40 unknown via CMAUP database

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