Rancho Santa Rita, TX (Zone 8a) | November 2009 | neutral
This species is a member of the verbena family (family Verbenaceae), which includes about 75 genera and 3,000 species of herbs, shrubs, a...Read Morend trees, mostly of tropical and warm temperate regions.
Among them, teak is a highly prized furniture wood, and Vervain, Lantana, Lippia or Frog Fruit, and Chase Tree or Vitex are grown as ornamentals.
Named for French-Swiss physician Jean Louis Berlandier (1805-1851) who collected plants in Texas and northern
Mexico.
This species is a member of the verbena family (family Verbenaceae), which includes about 75 genera and 3,000 species of herbs, shrubs, a...Read More