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Family 126. Verbenace^e. Vervain Family 

 639. white or nettle-leaved vervain 



VERBENA URTICIFOLIA L. 



Scattered in waste places ; the least common species about the 

 lake excepting V. bracteosa. It grows in situations similar to those 

 occupied by V. hastata except that it does not grow in such damp 

 places. It closely resembles that species except that it is much 

 more delicate in habit and paler throughout, and corresponds in 

 many respects to hastata as the "white blackberry" and white 

 flowered red clovers do to the more common forms. Plants with 

 purplish flowers are occasionally found. This species is said to 

 hybridize with all the other common forms. 



640. BLUE OR WILD VERVAIN 



VERBENA HASTATA L. 



Common in the region surrounding the lake. Scattered along 

 shore by Duenweg's, on the flat beach east of Lakeview Hotel, 

 between the breakwater and shore by the Palmer House, along 

 shore near Overmyer's woods, and beyond Norris Inlet. It grows 

 most thickly on flat moist tracts of country, where it is often so 

 abundant as to turn the whole landscape a sober blue in early 

 autumn. In moist years it is especially subject to mildew, and one 

 often sees great areas where this plant is abundant, whitened by 

 the mildewed leaves of the Vervain. 



641. HOARY VERVAIN; MULLEIN-LEAVED VERBENA 



VERBENA STRICTA Vent. 



Not very common ; in waste places along the railroad near 

 Culver. A little found near Long Point road back of the Miller 

 cottage. It grows best in dry rather sandy ground. The dense 

 spike of deep purple flowers is more striking than the slender 

 spikes of most of the other species. 



642. LARGE-BRACTED VERBENA 



VERBENA BRACTEOSA Michx. 



Not common ; the first plants were found near an old homestead 

 south of Culver, where they were found in blossom early in 

 June. Later it was found along the railroad, where it was becom- 

 ing rather common. Probably native, as the lake region lies well 

 within its range. Its behavior and distribution about the lake, 

 however, are much like those of a plant recently introduced. 



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