Plant Details

Accepted name:: Verbena carolina L. [Verbenaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
carolina vervain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
verbena	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Styleurodon carolinianum (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 14 (1837).
Verbena biserrata Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 275 (1818).
Verbena carolina f. hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moldenke Phytologia 47: 330 (1981).
Verbena carolina var. hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Moldenke Phytologia 44: 473 (1979).
Verbena caroliniana L. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 13.: 62 (1774).
Verbena caroliniana f. polystachya (Kunth) Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 362 (1911), nom. altern.
Verbena caroliniana var. polystachya (Kunth) Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 362 (1911).
Verbena caroliniana var. recta Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 362 (1911).
Verbena caroliniana f. recta Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 362 (1911), nom. altern.
Verbena ehrenbergiana var. richardsonii Moldenke Phytologia 38: 499 (1978).
Verbena hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 321 (1844).
Verbena mollis M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 323 (1844), nom. illeg.
Verbena pauciflora Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 6: 687 (1847).
Verbena paucifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 324 (1844).
Verbena polystachya Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 274 (1818).
Verbena veronicifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 275 (1818), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Verbena carolina L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Verbena carolina L.

Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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