Plant Details

Accepted name:: Verbena officinalis var. officinalis [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Verbena officinalis L.
Infraspecies:: Verbena officinalis var. africana (R.Fern. & Verdc.) Munir

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common verbena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common vervain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echtes eisenkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erba di san giovanni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european vervain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herb-of-the-cross	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe de verveine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe sacrée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
holywort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kumatsuzura	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ma bian cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peristerion-wort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pigeon's-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
simpler's-joy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turkey-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
verbena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
verv	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Verbena adulterina Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 65 (1897).
Verbena domingensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 484 (1908).
Verbena domingensis var. cubensis Moldenke Phytologia 50: 309 (1982).
Verbena domingensis f. foliosa Moldenke Phytologia 34: 19 (1976).
Verbena macrostachya F.Muell. Fragm. 1: 60 (1858).
Verbena officinalis f. albiflora S.H.Jin & D.D.Ma Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 30: 1701 (2010).
Verbena officinalis var. anatolica Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 97 (2004).
Verbena officinalis f. anomala Moldenke Phytologia 51: 163 (1982).
Verbena officinalis var. eremicola Munir J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 20: 88 (2002).
Verbena officinalis f. fimbriata Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 102 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. grandiflora Hausskn. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.s., 10: 65 (1897).
Verbena officinalis var. illyrica Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 99 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. latiloba Sennen Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 30: 38 (1931).
Verbena officinalis f. lobata Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 102 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. macrophylla Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 99 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. macrostachya (F.Muell.) Benth. Fl. Austral. 5: 36 (1870).
Verbena officinalis f. microphylla Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 102 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. minima Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 101 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. orientalis Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 101 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. prostrata Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 2: 718 (1853).
Verbena officinalis var. racemosa Kereszty Bot. Közlem. 91: 102 (2004).
Verbena officinalis var. ramosa H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 440 (1912).
Verbena officinalis var. spuria (L.) Hook. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 176 (1836).
Verbena riparia Raf. ex Small & A.Heller Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3: 12 (1892).
Verbena rumelica Velen. Fl. Bulg.: 441 (1891).
Verbena sororia D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 104 (1825).
Verbena spicata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 92 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Verbena spuria L. Sp. Pl.: 20 (1753).
Verbena urticifolia var. riparia (Raf. ex Small & A.Heller) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 276 (1894).
Verbena vulgaris Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 378 (1897).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Verbena officinalis L. var. officinalis	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Verbena officinalis var. officinalis	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)

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