Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Vervain, Verbena officinalis, Beirbhéine
Photographs: Inchigeelagh, Co. Cork

Vervain
Verbena officinalis
Beirbhéine
Family: Verbenaceae

Flowering time: June-October. Perennial. Introduced.

Slender, leafless spikes of small pinkish-white flowers with 5 lobes. Opposite oblong leaves without stipules, the lower leaves stalked and pinate, the upper leaves smaller, entire and stalkless. A slender, slightly hairy plant with square, erect stems, branched near top. 30-60 cm.

Prefers bare, well-drained calcareous ground on rough grassland, waste ground and roadsides. Scattered distribution in the south of Ireland, rare in the north

Vervain, Verbena officinalis, Beirbhéine

Vervain, Verbena officinalis, Beirbhéine
Vervain, Verbena officinalis, Beirbhéine

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