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Verbena hastata
blue verbena, blue vervain, Simpler's-joy, swamp verbena
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Verbena hastata L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Lamiales, Family Verbenaceae, Genus Verbena, Species Verbena hastata


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MN: SNR
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Blue Ridge Parkway
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Cape Cod National Seashore	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Minute Man National Historical Park
Missouri National Recreational River	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Niobrara National Scenic River
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Rock Creek Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Suitland Parkway	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Voyageurs National Park
Wind Cave National Park	Yosemite National Park


Last Modified Date:	5/25/2004

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/10/2025 3:46:27 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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