Index / Search / Verbena bracteata
§1 Plant
Verbena bracteata Cav. ex Lag. & Rodr.
vernacular bigbract verbena — species · Verbenaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Verbenaceae J. St.-Hil.
- Genus
- Verbena
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,157 counties across 42 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,157 counties across 42 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Newton 05101
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
California view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
Illinois view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hendricks 18063
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 19003
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Cherokee 19035
- Clayton 19043
- Crawford 19047
- Delaware 19055
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Iowa 19095
- Jackson 19097
- Keokuk 19107
- Linn 19113
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mahaska 19123
- Marion 19125
- Monona 19133
- Montgomery 19137
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Poweshiek 19157
- Ringgold 19159
- Shelby 19165
- Story 19169
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Warren 19181
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 105 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Eaton 26045
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Martin 27091
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 76 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- DeKalb 29063
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scott 29201
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- McPherson 31117
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Pierce 31139
- Platte 31141
- Polk 31143
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- Wheeler 31183
Nevada view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Lea 35025
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Butler 39017
- Clark 39023
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fayette 39047
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Logan 39091
- Lucas 39095
- Montgomery 39113
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Preble 39135
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Washington 39167
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Delaware 40041
- Dewey 40043
- Ellis 40045
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harper 40059
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Logan 40083
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Roger Mills 40129
- Rogers 40131
- Texas 40139
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
Oregon view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Brule 46015
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Marshall 46091
- Meade 46093
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Potter 46107
- Roberts 46109
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Briscoe 48045
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Cochran 48079
- Collin 48085
- Collingsworth 48087
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Floyd 48153
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hunt 48231
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jack 48237
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Johnson 48251
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Maverick 48323
- Midland 48329
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Newton 48351
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- San Saba 48411
- Schleicher 48413
- Sherman 48421
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terry 48445
- Travis 48453
- Wheeler 48483
- Yoakum 48501
Utah view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Piute 49031
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 19 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
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