Verbena officinalis L.

Spice Flower

Family: VERBENACEAE

Genus: Verbena

Catalan common name: Barbera. Berbena. Herba barbera. Verbena.

Spanish common name: Hierba sagrada. Verbena.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

Uses and properties: Medicinal. Symbolic uses.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: A perennial plant, not very pubescent and with an ascending growth habit. The stem is squared with long internodes and nodes with leaves opposite, the cauline leaves are normally dentate. The spikes are lax (up to 30 cm.) reunited in terminal inflorescences of small and lilac coloured flowers.