Verbena supinaL.

supine vervain

WFO wfo-0000332390 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Verbena supina, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. a Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-05 / obs. 134061792
Verbena supina, photographed by Kym Nicolson
fig. b Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102444558
Verbena supina, photographed by Russell Best
fig. c Russell Best, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75667429
Verbena supina, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. d Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134061824
Verbena supina, photographed by Kym Nicolson
fig. e Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 102444561
Verbena supina, photographed by Russell Best
fig. f Russell Best, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75667431
Verbena supina, photographed by Chris Lindorff
fig. g Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74008245
Verbena supina, photographed by Chris Lindorff
fig. h Chris Lindorff, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74007764

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Native range 42 botanical countries

Regions where Verbena supina is native: Algeria, Benin, Canary Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Cyprus, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Albania, Baleares, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaBeninEgyptEritreaEthiopiaLibyaMaliMauritaniaMoroccoSenegalSudan-South SudanTunisiaWestern SaharaCyprusIraqLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanIndiaPakistanAlbaniaBulgariaCentral European RussiaGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Canary Is.BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Verbena supina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Canary Is. CNY
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Libya LBY
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tunisia TUN
Western Sahara WSA
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iraq IRQ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Verbena procumbens Forssk.
  • Verbena radicans Moench
  • Verbena supina f. dalmatica Kereszty
  • Verbena supina f. deserta Kereszty
  • Verbena supina f. erecta Pau
  • Verbena supina f. erecta Moldenke
  • Verbena supina f. petiolulata H.Lindb.
  • Verbena supina var. arbuscula Kereszty
  • Verbena supina var. erecta Munir
  • Verbena supina var. glabrescens Cout.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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