Blue vervain grows stiff and upright from 2-3 feet tall and is found in moist fields, meadows, and waste places. Plants sprout or germinate in the spring, flower in late summer, and die back in winter.
Leaves:
The leaves are serrate and lanceolate and borne on short stalks. Leaves are oppositely arranged on square stems. Both leaves and stems are covered in stiff hairs giving the plant a rough feel.
Leaf Arrangement:
Opposite
Characteristics:
Blue vervain is identified by its pale-lilac flowers, square stems, and its 2-3 feet tall stems.
Flower Seed Head:
<p>The flowers are small vary in color from white to purple, blue, pink, or rose. They have 5 petals and that arranged on long numerous spikes in a panicle. The flowers bloom from June to September.</p>
Seed Fruit:
<br />Seed pods are hairy, long, and oval shaped.
Where Found:
Commonly occurs in wet meadows, damp river bottomlands, stream banks, slough peripheries, and fields and waste areas.
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