Flower ID: IMG_8643.JPG-08-17-2023 Flower name (scientific): Verbena bracteata Cavanilles ex Lagasca & RodrĂgues PY: 1801. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ver-BEE-nah brak-tee-AY-tuh Flower name (common): Big-bract Verbena Family name (common): Verbena Family name (scientific): Verbenaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: For the plants from which the leafy branches or twigs were taken and used in religious ceremonies or for medicinal applications. Also, medieval Latin for vervain. Specific epithet: From the Latin for having bracts. Common name origin: On a relative scale, the bracts are rather large, up to six times as long at the flowers are wide, hence the Big-bract part of the common name, and Verbena comes directly from the genus name. Flower description: Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches (3 to 5 mm) Petal count: 5 Color: pink or blue or purple Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: 1 to 20 inches (3 to 51 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple and lobed Size: Leaves up to about 7.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate (MP) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to October Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual/Perennial Habitat: Disturbed areas of prairies, fields, roadsides, sun, dry. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. Employed by the Navajo as ceremonial lotion and they prepared a poultice to cure centipede bite (Moerman, p. 591, 1998). Latitude: 44.799395 Longitude: -91.514067 Altitude: 238.60 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Outagamie, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FACU