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Rose Vervain

Other Common Names: Sweet William, Rose Mock Vervain, Rose Verbena

Scientific Name: Glandularia canadensis 

Native to Alabama: Yes

 
Monarch Butterfly
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
W.D. and Dolphia Bransford
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Basic Plant Information
 
 
Wikimedia
Carl Lewis
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  • I am a vascular plant with no woody stems above ground, so I am herbaceous.
  • I keep my leaves year-round, so I am evergreen.
  • I die back in winter but regrow in spring for many seasons, so I am perennial.
  • I can grow 0.5 - 1.5 feet high and 1 - 2 feet wide.
 



















 

  
Ecological Benefits
 
This plant provides food for:
 
 
  Butterflies Deer        Rabbits
     
 
Other Plants Found in Alabama with Similar Ecological Benefits:  
 
Prairie Verbena
(Glandularia bipinnatifida)		 Southwestern Mock Vervain
(Glandularia gooddingii)
  
 

   
Maintenance Notes
  • Water during dry summers and mulch in winter.
  • Watch for powdery mildew fungal infections, spider mites, snails and slugs, thrips, and aphids.
  • When watering, hold hose to base of plant for a count of 5 seconds.  Water should reach all roots.
  • Avoid sprinkling water on the leaves.
  • Requires average amount of water.
Average watering: water two times per week during the summer and once per week during the rest of the year.
 
 

  
Habitat Requirements
 
This plant prefers:
 
Part Sun/ Shade
(2-6 hours of sun per day)
 
   
Average Watering
 Well-drained, Sandy, Acidic,
or Moist Soil
 
 
 

   
  
Leaf, Flower & Seed Identifiation
 
LEAF DESCRIPTION
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Harry Cliffe
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Leaf Characteristics Chart (PDF)
       
Shape:
Ovate		 Margin:
Serrate and Lobed		 Arrangement:
Opposite		 Form:
Simple
   
Description:
4-inch long, dark green, dissected on each side of the central axis, and may be hairy
   

   















 
   
FLOWER DESCRIPTION
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Alan Cressler
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Flower Shapes Chart (JPG)
 
Color:
Pink, rosy-pink, lavendar
 
Shape:   
Tubular     

 
 Bloom Months:
Feb - Sep
 
   
Description:
Fragrant flowers in 2-inch, flat-topped clusters are produced at the top of the branch tips; flowers have 5 petals 
 
 
 
SEED DESCRIPTION
Eastern Illinois University
K. R. Robertson
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Type:
Fruit - Dry Seed Pod		 Description:
Acorn-like shaped seed pad;
small, cylindrical, brown seeds
   
Plant spreads by:
Seeds and Rhizomes/ Tubers/ Roots & Shoots
Hairy, grounded stems, rooting at the nodes where they touch the ground to form ground cover; self-seeds in ideal growing conditions 
 
 
Plant Life Cycle

Plant Life Cycle:
  • All plants start life as a seed.
  • The seed turns into a sprout when it grows roots.
  • The sprout becomes a seedling as grows a stem and leaves above the ground.
  • After the seedling becomes an adult plant it will grow flowers.
  • After the flowers finish blooming, each flower turns into a seed.
  • When the seeds fall down to the ground, the plant life cycle starts again.
  • Each seed can become a plant if it has the food, water and space that it needs to grow.
General Plant Life Cycle - Dreamstime
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
 
Quick Fact Sheet
(Condensed Species Info)		 QR Code
(Links to this Webpage)
   
Plant ID Sign (Text Only):
Ready as-is PDF		 Plant ID Sign (Text Only):
Editable Word Doc
   
Plant ID Sign (With Picture):
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INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THIS PLANT
 
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Logo
  
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Logo
Alabama Plant Atlas Logo
  
Alabama Butterfly Atlas Logo


 
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