- Family:
- Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Genus:
- Verbena L.
- Species:
- Verbena officinalis L.
Verbena officinalis var. officinalis

Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New South Wales, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Arizona, Azores, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, California, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chile Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Haiti, Indiana, Ireland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Madeira, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Mississippi, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Niue, North Carolina, Oman, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Verbena adulterina Hausskn.
- Verbena domingensis Urb.
- Verbena domingensis var. cubensis Moldenke
- Verbena domingensis f. foliosa Moldenke
- Verbena macrostachya F.Muell.
- Verbena officinalis f. albiflora S.H.Jin & D.D.Ma
- Verbena officinalis var. anatolica Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis f. anomala Moldenke
- Verbena officinalis var. eremicola Munir
- Verbena officinalis f. fimbriata Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis var. illyrica Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis f. lobata Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis var. macrophylla Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis var. macrostachya (F.Muell.) Benth.
- Verbena officinalis f. microphylla Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis var. minima Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis var. orientalis Kereszty
- Verbena officinalis var. racemosa Kereszty
- Verbena riparia Raf. ex Small & A.Heller
- Verbena rumelica Velen.
- Verbena sororia D.Don
- Verbena spicata Gilib.
- Verbena spuria L.
- Verbena vulgaris Bubani
Verbena officinalis var. officinalis appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Eggers, H. [2175], Dominican Republic | Verbena domingensis | K000470563 | Yes | ||
Eggers, H. [1828], Dominican Republic | Verbena domingensis | K000470562 | Yes | ||
Prior, A. [s.n.], New Jersey | Verbena spuria | K000193643 | Yes |
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha 2: 1-307. Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).
- O'Leary, N., Múlgura, M.E. & Morrone, O. (2010). Revisión taxonómica de las especies del género Verbena (Verbenaceae). II: serie Verbena. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97: 365-424.
- Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
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