Verbena incompta




Family Verbenaceae
Scientific name Verbena incompta P. W. Michael
Synonyms Verbena bonariensis auct., non L.
Common name (Japanese common name) daki-ba arachi-hanagasa (ダキバアレチハナガサ, 抱葉荒地花笠 [meaning: holding lieaves bush flowering umbrella])
(English common name) common garden verbena, florist's babena
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] South America
Habitat Field, roadside, riverside
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants electing 100-150cm tall. Flowers flowering in June to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Nucleic acids encoding oryza sativa nuclear cap binding protein 80 and methods of use (US Patent 7186887/2007)
Process for the control of production of fine chemicals (WIPO Patent WO/2007/087815)
Note Naturalized plants.
Sometimes mis-identified as Verbena brasiliensis Vellozo (syn. Verbena bonariensis L. var. brevibracteata Kuntze; Verbena brasiliensis Vellozo var. subglabrata Moldenke; Verbena chacensis Moldenke; Verbena hansenii Greene; Verbena intermedia Gillies & Hooker ex Hooker forma glabrescens Hauman; Verbena litoralis Kunth forma congesta (Moldenke) Moldenke; Verbena litoralis auct., non Kunth; Verbena litoralis Kunth var. brasiliensis (Vellozo) Briquet; Verbena litoralis Kunth var. brevibracteata (Kuntze) N. O'Leary; Verbena litoralis Kunth var. congesta Moldenke; Verbena paucifolia Turczaninow; Verbena quadrangularis Vellozo).



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Kochi City