VERBENACEAK— I.AMIAi 



Lamialcs Mini ( )rdcr 



Verbenaceae— Verbena Family 

 Herbs or shrubs with simple opposite 01 wl 

 to an irregular corolla, stamens •. 

 <.r dry and then usuallj separating into 4 nul 

 irregular. 



1. Shrul's ; corolla 4 lobed 



2. I lei bs ; corolla 5 lobed or 2 lipped 



a. Calyx 2-lipped, with spiny teeth; corolla 2-lippi 



b. Calyx not 2-lipped and spin) ; corolla irregularly 5 I 



Lantana Lanl 



(( T uncei tain oi li 

 Flowers yellow, then orange and finally reddish; !■ 



Phryma — Lopseed 



unci rtaln origin ai 



Leaves ovate; flowers small, in a loose spike; fruits spiny 



Verbena — Verbena, Vervain 



i I at. verbena, a Bacred 



1. Native h ei ds 



a. Plant spreading; bracts longer than the flo* 



b. Plant tall, erect; bra than the flov 



(1) Flowers white; spike very narrow 



(2) Flowers blue; spike broader 



(a) Leaves lanceolate, somewhat hairy 



(b) Leaves ovate, very hairy 



2. Garden plants, extensively hybridized and known as 











Lamiaceae — Mint Family 



Herbs, mostly aromatic, usually with opposite 1 

 5, united, usually irregular, st; 

 1. Corolla regular or nearly so 



a. Calyx 5-toothed ; corolla 4-cleft 



b. Calyx 2-lipped in fruit; corolla 5 cleft 

 J. Corolla irregular, usually 2-lipped 



a. Stamens 2 



(1) Herbs 



i lowers in racemes or spikes; calyj 2 

 (b) Flowers in heads; calyx 5-toothed 



(2) Shrubs 



b. Stamens 4 



(1) Calyx 2-lipped 



(a) Calyx cup shaped, lips entire 



(b) Calyx lips toothed 

 x. Flower bra< is large, round, pur| 

 y. Flower bra. is neither round nor 



1 orolla apparentlj 

 (v) ('.nulla i leai Ij 2-li] 

 in. ( lorolla yellowish to 

 n. Corolla purple or blue 



(2) l \.U k mi r less equalb : 



alyx 10-toothed ; li 

 (b) Calyx 4 S toothed 



x. Uppei tooth much lai . 



(x) Corolla with upper lip ; 





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