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Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 27, February 23, March 24, April 50, May 25, June 18, July 13, August 15, September 16, October 11, November 27, December 21.
United States288
Ecuador270
Hawaii206
Pichincha184
Argentina181
New Zealand114
California105
Colombia85
Chile76
Australia74

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyVerbena Family · Verbenaceae
Genusvervains · Verbena

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