Verbena litoralis Kunth GRIN-Global

Taxon: Verbena litoralis Kunth

Summary

Genus:

Verbena

Section:

Verbenaca

Series:

Litorales

Family:

Verbenaceae

Nomen number:

432281

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 2:223[folio]; 2:276[quarto]. 1818; t. 137. 1817

Verified:

08/17/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Verbena gentryi Moldenke
Verbena longifolia M. Martens & Galeotti

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Reference(s)

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Common names

English
Brazilian vervain –
common verbena –
seashore vervain –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Revillagigedo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Parana
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Santa Catarina
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	El Salvador
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Buenos Aires
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Catamarca
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Cordoba
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Entre Rios
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Formosa
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Jujuy
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	La Pampa
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	La Rioja
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Mendoza
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Neuquen
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Rio Negro
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	San Juan
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	San Luis
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Fe
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santiago del Estero
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Tucuman
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile	Atacama
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile	Coquimbo
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile	Juan Fernandez
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile	Santiago
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile	Tarapaca
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile	Valparaiso
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Cochabamba
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	La Paz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Santa Cruz
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia	Tarija
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Azuay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Canar
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Carchi
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Chimborazo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Cotopaxi
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	El Oro
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Galapagos Islands
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Imbabura
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Loja
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Los Rios
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Morona-Santiago
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Napo
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Pastaza
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Pichincha
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Tungurahua
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Zamora-Chinchipe
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Ancash
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Arequipa
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cajamarca
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cuzco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Huanuco
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Junin
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	La Libertad
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Lima
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Loreto
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Piura
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martin
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Tacna
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain
4	Naturalized	Northern America		United States
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Revillagigedo, Tabasco, Veracruz]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil [Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina]
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Cordoba, Mendoza, Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tucuman], Chile [Juan Fernandez, Atacama, Coquimbo, Santiago, Tarapaca, Valparaiso], Paraguay, Uruguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija], Colombia, Ecuador [Galapagos Islands, Azuay, Canar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe], Peru [Amazonas, Ancash, Arequipa, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huanuco, Junin, La Libertad, Lima, Loreto, Piura, San Martin, Tacna]

Naturalized
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain

Northern America

REGION: United States

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Puerto Rico

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=432281. Accessed 3 April 2026.