Verbena urticifolia

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White Vervain

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 2-5’ tall

  • White flowers bloom in progression from bottom to top of flower spikes; blooms summer to autumn

  • Attracts pollinators such as skippers, moths, cuckoo bees, halictid bees, and Calliopsis nebraskensis, the Verbena Bee, a specialist miner bee which only collects pollen from Verbena species; also attracts various herbivorous insects such as flea beetles, grasshoppers, midges and more

  • Host plant to the Verbena Moth, Verbena Bud Moth and Common Buckeye

  • Sparrows, cardinals and juncos eat the seeds in fall/winter

  • Similar growing conditions to Verbena hastata but can also thrive in shadier conditions making it a good choice for wet woodland edges

  • Spreads somewhat aggressively via seed dispersal and rhizomes

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White Vervain

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 2-5’ tall

  • White flowers bloom in progression from bottom to top of flower spikes; blooms summer to autumn

  • Attracts pollinators such as skippers, moths, cuckoo bees, halictid bees, and Calliopsis nebraskensis, the Verbena Bee, a specialist miner bee which only collects pollen from Verbena species; also attracts various herbivorous insects such as flea beetles, grasshoppers, midges and more

  • Host plant to the Verbena Moth, Verbena Bud Moth and Common Buckeye

  • Sparrows, cardinals and juncos eat the seeds in fall/winter

  • Similar growing conditions to Verbena hastata but can also thrive in shadier conditions making it a good choice for wet woodland edges

  • Spreads somewhat aggressively via seed dispersal and rhizomes

Details

  • White

  • Summer to Fall

  • 2-5’

  • Medium, Wet

  • Full, Partial, Shade

  • Verbena Moth
    Verbena Bud Moth
    Common Buckeye

  • FAC - occurs in both wetlands and non-wetlands

  • 60 days of cold stratification; requires light for germination