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Mrmunk
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 12:08 am EST : |  
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Pretty sure it's a verbena but which one? It's about 5 and a half feet tall (1.5 meters), square stemmed, opposing leaf sets alternating 90 degrees and obviously lanceolate, serrate. There is no aroma as you would expect from a member of the mint family.
Mrmunk
- Georgia,
Zone "7b"
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Gardenfiend

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| | Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 02:10 am EST : |  
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It looks like Verbena bonariensis. They are short-lived or annual, but if you're lucky they will reseed and you'll have them every year.
Gardenfiend
- Germany,
Zone "7a"
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Mrmunk
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| | Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 09:35 am EST : |  
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I agree it does look very much like bonariensis but I have had a cultivar of those in the past which had a different calyx, sepal and floret. I also have a conspicuous absence of the nodal leaflets which are ever present on the terminal node of bonariensis. But since you and I both agree I'll stick with your identification.
Mrmunk
- Georgia,
Zone "7b"
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