




verbena bracteata
The Bigbract Verbena is a colorful flower that attracts butterflies and bees! Its bright blooms can make any garden look more cheerful and lively.
Habitat: It lives in sunny fields, gardens, and along roadsides.
The Bigbract Verbena is a low-growing plant with sprawling stems and deeply lobed leaves. Its small, purplish-blue flowers are clustered in dense spikes, often partially hidden by prominent, stiff, leaf-like green bracts that give it its name.





Category
PlantsRarity
Common
Danger
0/5 · No known danger
Snaps
4
Despite its common beauty, in some places, it's considered a persistent weed!
Its tiny purple flowers hug the ground, almost hidden by leafy protectors!
Native Americans once used parts of this verbena for traditional remedies.
This tough plant can grow in sidewalk cracks and dry, dusty spots!
Bigbract Verbena has large, leaf-like bracts that help shield its tiny flowers and developing seeds from harm.
This verbena can grow close to the ground, spreading its stems to outcompete other plants for space and light.
Bigbract Verbena can thrive in dry, poor soils as its roots help it find water, making it very tough.
Apis mellifera
visits flowers for nectar

Bombus impatiens
collects pollen and nectar

Danaus plexippus
sips nectar from the blooms
Colorful describes organisms or objects displaying a wide range of bright and distinct colors.
Grassland habitats are terrestrial biomes dominated by grasses and herbaceous plants, supporting a variety of grazing animals.
This trait characterizes organisms whose diet consists entirely or primarily of plant material.
Diurnal animals are primarily active during daylight hours, typically resting or sleeping at night.
Describes organisms that transfer pollen, enabling the fertilization and reproduction of plants.
Danger
0/5 · No known danger
No special safety notes yet.
The easiest way to identify Bigbract Verbena is to use the Snappit nature identifier app.
10-60 cm
15-90 cm
0.2-0.5 cm
Spring_to_fall
No
None
Perennial
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