[The Verbena Family in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Bracted Verbena

Verbena bracteata

Synonym: Verbena bracteosa

Inflorescence of Big-bract Verbena, Bracted Verbena, Carpet Vervain: Verbena bracteata (Synonym: Verbena bracteosa)

Bracted Verbena: Verbena bracteata as photographed along the lower section of the Dalles Mt. Road.........June 3, 2006.

Leaf of Big-bract Verbena, Bracted Verbena, Carpet Vervain: Verbena bracteata (Synonym: Verbena bracteosa)

Bracted Verbena: Verbena bracteata as photographed along the lower section of the Dalles Mt. Road.........June 3, 2006.

Inflorescence of Big-bract Verbena, Bracted Verbena, Carpet Vervain: Verbena bracteata (Synonym: Verbena bracteosa)

Bracted Verbena: Verbena bracteata as photographed along the lower section of the Dalles Mt. Road.........June 3, 2006.

Big-bract Verbena, Bracted Verbena, Carpet Vervain: Verbena bracteata (Synonym: Verbena bracteosa)

Bracted verbena as seen along the trail at the base of the quarry above the Crawford Oaks Trailhead, Columbia Hills State Park..........October 2, 2016.

Paul Slichter