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*Species Plantarum* describes *Verbena officinalis* as *Verbena tetrandra, spicis filiformibus paniculatis, foliis multifido-laciniatis, caule solitario* [1]. It is also referred to as *Verbena foliis multifido-laciniatis, spicis filiformibus* [1]. This species is found in the waste places of the Mediterranean region of Europe [1]. Other descriptions and synonyms provided include *Verbena communis, flore Cæruleo* [1].
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Verbena foliis ovatis, caule erecto, spicis filiformibus paniculatis. _Hort. cliff. 11._ _Gron. virg. 7._ _Roy. ludb. 327._ Verbena recta canadensis, urticæ foliis. _Moris. hist. 3. p. 418. s. 11. t. 25. f. 3._ Habitat in _Virginiæ_, _Canadæ_ aridis. ♃ [_spuria._] 12. Verbena tetrandra, spicis filiformibus, foliis multifido-laciniatis, caulibus numerosis. _Hort. ups. 8._ Veronica humilior, foliis incisis. _Clayt. virg. 8._ Habitat in _Canada_, _Virginia_. ♃ [_officinalis._] 13. Verbena tetrandra, spicis filiformibus paniculatis, foliis …
s superne crenatis, pedunculis solitariis capitatis. _Gron. virg. 7._ Verbena nodiflora. _Bauh. pin. 269. prodr. 125._ Habitat in _Virginia_. ☉ [_bonariensis._] 9. Verbena tetrandra, spicis fasciculatis, foliis lanceolatis amplexicaulibus. _Hort. ups. 8._ Verbena foliis lanceolatis, floribus congestis fastigiatis. _Hort. cliff. 11._ _Roy. lugdb. 326._ Verbena bonariensis altissima, lavendulæ canariensis folio, spica lavendulæ. _Dill. elth. 406. t. 300. f. 387._ Habitat in agro _Bonariensi_. ♃ [_hastata._] 10. Verbena tetrandra, spicis longis…
aule fruticoso, foliis oblongis: inferioribus crenatis petiolatis; superioribus sessilibus integerrimis. _Roy. lugdb. 530._ Veronica spicata lanuginosa & incana, floribus cæruleis. _Amm. ruth. 30._ Habitat in _Ucrania_, _Samara_. ♃ [_spicata._] 6. Veronica spica terminali, foliis oppositis crenatis obtusis, caule adscendente simplicissimo. Veronica floribus spicatis, foliis oppositis, caule erecto. _Fl. suec. 7._ _Dalib. paris. 3._ Veronica foliis oppositis, caule spica terminato. _Hort. cliff. 8._ _Roy. lugdb. 302._ Veronica spicata minor. _Bauh. pin.…
83. t. 228. f. 4. & t. 327. f. 7._ Sherardia urticæ folio subtus incano, floribus violaceis. _Ehret. pict. t. 5. f. 1._ Habitat in _Oruba_ insula americes septentrionalis. [_jamaicensis._] 2. Verbena diandra, spicis longissimis carnosis subnudis. Verbena foliis obtuse ovalibus, spica carnosa nuda. _Hort. cliff. 10._ _Roy. lugdb. 327._ Verbena folio subrotundo serrato, flore cæruleo. _Sloan. hist. 171. t. 107. f. 1._ Habitat in _Jamaica_ & _Caribæis_. ♃ ☉ [_stœchadifol._] 3. Verbena diandra, spicis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis serrato-plicatis, caule…
amaica_. [_mexicana._] 5. Verbena diandra, spicis laxis, calycibus fructus reflexo-*pendulis subglobosis hispidis. Verbena mexicana, trachelii folio, fructu aparines: _Dill. elth. 407. t. 302. f. 389._ Habitat in _Mexico_. [_lappulacea._] 6. Verbena diandra, calycibus subrotundis erectiusculis, seminibus echinatis. Scorodinia floribus spicatis purpurascentibus pentapetaloidibus. _Sloan. jam. 66._ Blairia _Houst. Amm. herb. 277._ Habitat in _Jamaica_. [_curassavica._] 7. Verbena diandra, spicis longis, calycibus aristatis, foliis ovatis argute serratis.…