Taxon:  Glandularia canadensis (L.) Nutt.



Summary
Genus:
Glandularia
Family:
Verbenaceae
Nomen number:
405153
Place of publication:
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5:184.  1835
Verified:
04/29/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Buchnera canadensis L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Verbena aubletii Jacq.

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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
  4. Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle
  5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
  6. Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
  7. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
  8. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Verbena canadensis
  9. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  10. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
  11. Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants
  12. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
  13. Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
  14. Turner, B. L. 1998. Texas species of Glandularia (Verbenaceae). Lundellia 1:10-11.
  15. Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  16. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
  17. Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
  18. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
  19. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishrose vervain as Verbena canadensis1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Verbena canadensis
Swedishdoftverbena  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinoiss.Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansase.McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraskas.e.McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginias.e.Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
2Cultivated    also cult. 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesConnecticut Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (s.), Kansas (e.), Missouri, Nebraska (s.e.), Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (s.e.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Wisconsin]

Reference(s)
  1. Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
  2. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
  3. Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
  4. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York.
  5. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Verbena canadensis (L.) Britton
  6. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
  7. Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
  8. Umber, R. E. 1979. The genus Glandularia (Verbenaceae) in North America. Syst. Bot. 4:95. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  9. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
  10. Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).
  11. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Verbena canadensisLiberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Verbena canadensis
Environmentalornamentalas Verbena canadensisHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: as Verbena canadensis
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://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405153. Accessed 11 May 2026.