Verbena sp.

Purpletop at Fyshwick, ACT

Verbena sp. at Fyshwick, ACT - 3 Apr 2018
Verbena sp. at Fyshwick, ACT - 3 Apr 2018
Verbena sp. at Fyshwick, ACT - 3 Apr 2018
Verbena sp. at Fyshwick, ACT - 3 Apr 2018
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Identification history

Verbena sp. 4 Apr 2018 BettyDonWood
Verbena sp. 3 Apr 2018 RodDeb

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2 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   4 Apr 2018
The easiest way to tell Verbena bonariensis from Verbena incompta is to feel the structure the individual flowers are embedded in. In Verbena bonariensis it is definitely sticky. Incompta is not sticky or slightly sticky. The other way is to get a good closeup of a flower. In bonariensis the coloured tube is distinct and much longer than the calyx, which cups the flower. In incompta the tube is hardly noticeable. Your photo is probably bonariensis.
RodDeb wrote:
   5 Apr 2018
Thanks, these plants sure are tricky things.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Verbena sp. Scientific name
  • Purpletop Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium weed or pest
  • Up to 705.77m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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