VicFlora Flora of Victoria
  1. Plantae
  2. Tracheophyta
  3. Magnoliopsida
  4. Lamiales
  5. Verbenaceae
  6. Verbena
  7. Verbena supina

Verbena supina var. supina

Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Introduced
Degree of establishment Naturalised

Diagnostic features as given in key. Flowers Oct.–Apr.

MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF. Also naturalised SA. Native to the Mediterranean region. Naturalised mostly in north-western Victoria in wastelands, roadsides, swampy areas, besides watercourses or in seasonally inundated sites.

Overseas collections of this taxon have an indumentum on vegetative parts that includes stalked glandular hairs and mericarps that are whitish-granulate on the inner surface (Townsend 1980). All Australian collections lack glandular hairs and have completely smooth mericarps (Munir 2002).

Created by: Daniel Ohlsen, 19 Jul. 2016
Updated by: Val Stajsic, 20 Feb. 2019
Verbena supina var. supina (hero image)
Verbena supina var. supina (distribution map)