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Verbena californica is a rare species of verbena known by the common names California vervain and Red Hills vervain. This flower is endemic to Tuolumne County, California, where it is known from ten or eleven occurrences in the Red Hills, a section of the Sierra Nevada foothills near Chinese Camp. It grows in moist woodland habitat, often on serpentine soils. It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States. This is a green herb about half a meter in height with a fuzzy stem and long, grasslike leaves. It bears spike inflorescences of tiny purple flowers.
Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
Purple, Red
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 2 likely
Fine-Lined Sallow
Catabena lineolata
Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia