Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta) in the Plant ID forum

rocklady

Sep 3, 2015 2:59 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

I kept seeing this on our trip to South Dakota and loved the color. I finally got a photo because every time I tried to photo it, the wind started blowing!

Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
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Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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Horntoad

Sep 3, 2015 3:08 PM CST

Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)

I think it is Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)

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rocklady

Sep 3, 2015 4:34 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

Jay. I believe you nailed it.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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rocklady

Sep 3, 2015 4:36 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Jean
Hot Springs Vlg, AR, DeLand, F

Solved.

Any day you wake up on the sunny side of the grass is a good day.

"The moving hand writes and having writ moves on. Neither all thy piety nor all thy wit can lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears wash out a word of it." The Rubiyat by Omar Khayyam

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