Common Name: white vervainScientific Name: Verbena urticifolia L.Family Name: Verbenaceae - Verbena FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative summer annual, biennial or short-lived perennial, reproducing by seed Stemsupright, stout, simple or branching, multiply from base, hollow and square, rough, densely haired, hairs long and spreading, becoming somewhat woody Leavesopposite, broadly lanceolate to oval, coarsely toothed, petioled, petioles winged, slightly haired or hairless above, hairy below, dark green above and light green below, veins below leaf surface above, veins raised below Flowers5-petaled, white, small, petals fused; terminal and axillary above, panicle of spikes, loose and spreading, flowers sparsely spaced