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Verbena gemmea Uelman

Verbenaceae · California, Mexico Northwest

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Summary

Verbena gemmea, commonly known as glittering vervain, is a plant native to the California Floristic Province. It differs from Verbena lasiostachys by having a taller, erect growth habit; stipitate-glandular vestiture; calyces less than or equal to the floral bracts, oval in shape when in fruit; and a preference for moist habitats. The difference in morphological features led to Verbena gemmea being described as a separate species in 2024.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Verbena gemmea", CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the genus · Verbena

Verbena, also known as vervain or verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas and Asia; however, Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is the type species and native to Europe.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Verbena", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

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Climate across the habitat

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Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
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NativeCalifornia, Mexico Northwest · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“subtropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Other Verbena 26 in the reference

Verbena bonariensis Verbena bonariensis Purpletop vervain Photo: CC0, author not statedVerbena bracteata Verbena bracteata Bracted vervain Photo: CC0, author not statedVerbena brasiliensis Verbena brasiliensis Brazilian vervain Photo: CC BY, Sam KieschnickVerbena canadensis Verbena canadensis Verbenaceae Photo: CC BY, EdieVerbena canescens Verbena canescens Gray vervain Photo: CC BY, Linda Jo ConnVerbena carolina Verbena carolina Carolina vervain Photo: CC BY, Neptalí Ramírez MarcialVerbena halei Verbena halei Texas vervain Photo: CC BY, Sam KieschnickVerbena hastata Verbena hastata American vervain Photo: CC BY, Skyler PrincipeVerbena hispida Verbena hispida Hairy vervain Photo: CC BY, Matias BaranzelliVerbena incompta Verbena incompta Small-flowered purple-top vervain Photo: CC0, author not statedVerbena intermedia Verbena intermedia Verbenaceae Photo: CC BY, Matias BaranzelliVerbena lasiostachys Verbena lasiostachys Vervain Photo: CC BY, klicklo all 27 ›

Names & registers

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The record

Family
Verbenaceae
Described by
Uelman
Native to
California, Mexico Northwest
Records
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Verbena gemmea Uelman (plant_name_id 3320006), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 77346078-1, POWO 77346078-1
Wikipedia wikipedia answeredasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist taxon inat.taxon not asked
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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