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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Verbena stricta
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    LAMIALES
 FAMILY:   VERBENACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Verbena stricta
 AUTHORITY:  Vent.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    HOARY VERVAIN
    WOOLLY VERBENA
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: VEST
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       GRAVEL PRAIRIE
         DRY
     SAVANNA
       BARREN
         DRY
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         PASTURELAND
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   BUREAU          CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY            CLINTON         COLES
   COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS
   DUPAGE          EDGAR           EDWARDS         EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE
   FORD            FRANKLIN        FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE
   GRUNDY          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HENDERSON       HENRY
   IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JERSEY
   JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE
   LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MERCER          MONROE
   MONTGOMERY      MORGAN          MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA
   PERRY           PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI
   PUTNAM          RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR
   SALINE          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SCOTT           SHELBY
   STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        UNION           VERMILION
   WABASH          WARREN          WASHINGTON      WAYNE           WHITE
   WHITESIDE       WILL            WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     This is including F. albiflora Wadmond and F. roseiflora Benke.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate     Obovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Red   Blue   Violet   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   SCHIZOCARP
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species is densely hairy.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed on waste ground, overgrazed gravelly pastures,
     sandy fields.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     LANDSCAPING:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK COMMENTS:
     Species is very bitter so not eaten by cattle.
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Economic
 
 
 GENERAL COMMENTS:
     Species is drought resistant due to deep root system.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Agricultural Experiment Station.  1981.  Weeds of the North Central States.
     Bulletin 772.  College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-
     Champaign, Urbana.  303 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Verbena stricta
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015