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Verbena teucrioides Gillies & Hook.

A parent of many hybrids Verbena teucrioides has small, 3-segmented leaves, to 2.5cm, and white to lilac flowers.  [RHSD].  

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘Seeds of this new and extremely interesting plant were received through the Earl of Arran, from Mr. Tweedie of Buenos Ayres.’  It is shown with spikes of whitish flowers, aging to pink.  [MB p.242/1838].  Introduced to Britain in 1837.  [JD]. ‘The plant is of easy culture, appearing to luxuriate in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, with a small portion of well-rotted cow dung. The delightful jasmine-like odour of the flowers is greatest and most powerful about dusk and during the night: towards midday it diminishes considerably, gradually increasing again towards the evening’.  [BM t.3694/1838].

History at Camden Park

Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [H.231/1850].  The identity of ‘Verbena sp Pink’ is uncertain and no further guidance is given in the Camden Park record.

Notes

Published Apr 24, 2009 - 04:29 PM | Last updated Feb 15, 2010 - 11:42 AM

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Illustrated are deeply toothed leaves and an elongated umbel of pale pink flowers. Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.3694, 1838.

Verbena teucrioides Gillies & Hook. | BM t.3694/1838 | BHL

Family Verbenaceae
Category
Region of origin

South America
Synonyms
  • Verbena platensis Spreng.
Common Name
Name in the Camden Park Record

Verbena sp Pink 
Confidence level low