Verbena Family

Verbenaceae · 7 species

In Québec, the family Verbenaceae (order Lamiales) counts 7 species of plants. The stars? Swamp verbena, White vervain and Purpletop vervain, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, with 6 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montréal6
  2. Capitale-Nationale4
  3. Outaouais4
  4. Laurentides4
  5. Montérégie4
  6. Estrie3
  7. Laval3
  8. Lanaudière3
  9. Centre-du-Québec3
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2
  11. Mauricie2
  12. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  14. Côte-Nord1