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Hoary verbena - Verbena stricta

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Status Under Review
Native/Non-native Species
(depends on location or taxa)

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SU
(see State Rank Reason below)
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Possibly introduced into Montana.
 
General Description
Taprooted, short-lived perennial. Stems erect, usually simple, 30–120 cm, hirsute. Leaves narrowly ovate, serrate, 4–11 cm long, hirsute. Inflorescence of 1 to few spikes; bracts 4–6 mm long. Flowers: calyx 4–5 mm long, hirsute; corolla blue to purple, 6–9 mm long, the limb 7–11 mm across, puberulent at the center; style ca. twice as long as the ovary. Nutlets 2–3 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
WA to ON south to NM, TX, FL; native to the Great Plains, introduced elsewhere (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1

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Habitat

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus vagans, Bombus rufocinctus, Bombus ternarius, Bombus pensylvanicus, Bombus bimaculatus, Bombus griseocollis, and Bombus impatiens (Thorp et al. 1983, Colla and Dumesh 2010, Williams et al. 2014).


References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Thorp, R.W., D.S. Horning, and L.L. Dunning. 1983. Bumble bees and cuckoo bumble bees of California (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 23:1-79.
    • Williams, P., R. Thorp, L. Richardson, and S. Colla. 2014. Bumble Bees of North America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 208 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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