FNPS Plant Database

Glandularia maritima

beach verbena, coastal mock vervain

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

beach verbena, coastal mock vervain

Synonym(s):

Verbena maritima

Genus species:

Glandularia maritima

Family:

Verbenaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

1 ft tall by 1-1.5 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

purple

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

evergreen

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Wildflower garden, groundcover. Would also work well as a mass planting. Can be grown in containers.

Considerations:

Be careful to plant only your local verbenas.  Closely related verbenas hybridize, and you do not want to damage the genetics of the species found naturally near you.

Availability:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagation:

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry ---to--- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt.

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

9A,9B,10A,10B,11

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Nectar source for a variety of butterflies and moths, including Gulf fritillaries, hawkmoths and long-tailed skippers.





Pollinated by miner bees and long-tongued bees such as bumblebees and orchid bees.

Native Habitats:

Back dunes, dunal swales, coastal hammocks. Sandy open areas.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Endemic.  This plant is listed as endangered by the State of Florida.



Harvesting and transporting from the wild require landowner permission and may require a permit from the state. Please acquire through a reputable native plant nursery.

Citations:

Hammer, Roger. 2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Presses of Florida.



Hueel, Craig.  https://flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-glandularia-maritima/



FNAI.  https://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Glandularia_tampensis.pdf



EDIS IFAS:  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp598



Florida Wildflower Foundation.  https://flawildflowers.org/flower-friday-glandularia-maritima/



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Tras, Pamela.  2001.  Gardening for Florida's butterflies.  Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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