296 BLUE AND PURPLE 



BLUE VERVAIN: Wild Hyssop: Simpler's Joy. 



Verbena hastata. 

 Vervain Family. July — Sept. 



A plant 3—7 feet high, found in fields, waste 

 places, along roadsides. Common in the 

 United States and Canada. 

 Flowers — Purple or violet, small, 5-lobed, blos- 

 soming in circles from the base of the 

 flower spikes upward. 

 Leaves — Opposite, stemmed, lance-shaped, 

 toothed, rough; lower leaves more or 

 less lobed. 



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