



verbena menthifolia
Mint Vervain is a lovely plant with tiny purple flowers that attract butterflies and bees. Its fragrant leaves smell just like mint, making it fun to explore with your senses!
生息地: Mint Vervain grows in sunny fields, gardens, and along roadsides.
The Mint Vervain has slender, upright stems with pairs of deeply lobed, mint-scented leaves. It produces showy spikes of tiny, five-petaled purple or lavender flowers, clustered tightly towards the stem tips. Its minty leaves make it visually distinct from many other verbenas.




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Even though it's a verbena, its leaves look and smell so much like mint, it confuses people!
Its name, 'menthifolia,' literally means 'mint-leaved' because it smells like mint!
Some people crush its leaves to make a refreshing, minty-smelling herbal tea!
This plant can produce hundreds of tiny seeds from its many little purple flowers!
Mint Vervain has minty-scented leaves that may deter some herbivores and help it defend itself from being eaten.
Its vibrant purple flowers are arranged in dense spikes that attract a variety of insects, helping it reproduce effectively.
Mint Vervain can grow in various soil types and tolerate dry conditions, helping it survive in different places.
Apis mellifera
visits flowers for nectar and pollen
Danaus plexippus
sips nectar from flower spikes

Melanoplus differentialis
larvae and adults can munch on leaves
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30-90 cm
30-60 cm
0.3-0.5 cm
Summer to fall
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