name: Common Verbena

flavor_db_name_variants: common verbena

source: foodb

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food_db_id: Common verbena

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name_scientific: Verbena officinalis

description: Verbena officinalis, the Common Vervain or Common Verbena, is a perennial herb native to Europe. It grows up to a metre/yard high, with an upright habitus. The lobed leaves are toothed, the delicate spikes hold mauve flowers. This plant prefers limey soils; it is occasionally grown as an ornamental plant but perhaps more often for the powerful properties some herbalists ascribe to it. Propagation is by root cuttings or seed. It is widely naturalised outside its native range, for example in North America.

itis_id: 32110

wikipedia_id: Verbena officinalis

picture_file_name: 196.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 86786

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:51.000Z

legacy_id: 208

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:25.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 79772

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00196