Species: Verbena hastata, Swamp Verbena

Family: Verbenaceae (Verbena)

Plant description: Biennial, perennial, 3 or more feet tall

Habitat: low fields, bogs, marshes

Range: entire USA except Florida

Bloom Period: June - October

Status: considered invasive, weedy

Sandy Creek Trail, Durham NC, June 26 2005

Sandy Creek Trail, Durham NC, June 26 2005