Family: Verbenaceae

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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Lamiales Status: Valid

Common Names:

  • Verbenaceae - English, United States of America

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Herbs, shrubs, lianas, and trees.

Branch: Stems sometimes quadrangular, sometimes with spines.

Leaves: Leaves simple, sessile or petiolate, palmately or trifoliately compound, opposite or verticillate, rarely alternate; some genera with glands at the base of the lamina or on the petiole.

Reproductive Morphology

Fruit: Fruit a berry or drupe, sometimes with the calyx persistent in the form of a cupule, or a schizocarp.

Infructescence: Infructescence axillary or terminal.

Other

Notes: Plants sometimes aromatic, especially in the genera of herbs and shrubs.