Common names:

• big-bract vervain  (Source: F Florida) - English
• bracted vervain  (Source: BSBI) - English
• carpet vervain  (Source: F Alberta) - English
• creeping vervain  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• prostrate vervain  (Source: F Tex) - English
• spärrverbena  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental ()
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (according to habitat fide F Ohio; Glea Cron ed2; F GPlains; Syst Bot 7:454. 1982)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), Manitoba (s.), British Columbia (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Verbenaceae&GenusID=Verbena&SpeciesID=bracteata), Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora]


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Barber, S. C. 1982. Taxonomic studies in the Verbena stricta complex (Verbenaceae) Syst. Bot. 7:454.
3. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
4. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970 (F Tex)
5. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
6. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991 (Glea Cron ed2)
7. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993 (F CalifJep)
8. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
9. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
10. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
11. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
13. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
14. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex)
15. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association) Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
16. Moldenke, H. N. 1980. A sixth summary of the Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Chloanthaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae, and Eriocaulaceae of the world as to valid taxa, geographic distribution and synonymy Phytologia Mem. 2:1-629.
17. Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. (F Alberta)
18. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow) The vascular flora of Ohio. (F Ohio)
19. Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
20. Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
21. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
22. Steyermark, J. A. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
23. Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. (F WVa)
24. Voss, E. Michigan flora. (F Mich)
25. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
26. Wiggins, I. L. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
27. Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998 (F Florida)

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image