Supine Vervain

Verbena supina

Found on ballast. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

County records are not available.

Ecological relationships

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Verbena

Autographa precationisCommon Looper Moth
Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Crambodes talidiformisVerbena Groundling, Verbena Moth
Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
Neogalea suniaLantana Stick Caterpillar, Catabena Moth
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear

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—BeesSoutheastern regional records

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Verbena

8BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Verbena

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.