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Verbena menthifolia is a species of verbena known by the common name mint-leaved vervain or mint vervain. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in many types of open, dry habitat such as desert scrub. This perennial herb produces one or more rough-haired, erect stems up to about 75 centimeters in maximum height. The hairy leaves are a few centimeters long and are divided near the base into a few narrow lobes which have serrated edges. The inflorescence is made up of one to three narrow, erect spikes of flowers up to 30 centimeters long. The flowers are spaced, not densely packed on the slender spike. Each flower has a small purple corolla 2 or 3 millimeters wide.

Plant type

Annual herb, Perennial herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

White

Sun

Full Sun

Site type

Open places

Plant communities

Sagebrush Scrub

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Fine-Lined Sallow

Catabena lineolata

Verbena Bud Moth

Endothenia hebesana

Common Buckeye

Junonia coenia

Bilobed Looper Moth

Megalographa biloba