Common Name -  Blue Vervain
	Scientific Name - Verbena hastata
	Family Name -  Vervain (Verbenaceae)
Season	Perennial, summer.
Habitat	Moist open places, ditches, meadows, shorelines.
Flower	Regular, deep blue to violet, small, 1/4 inch wide, tube-like, 5 petals, flower spikes numerous and tightly clustered.
Leaves	Opposite, simple, toothed, lance-shaped. Lower leaves may sometimes be lobed.
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