EPPO Global Database

Verbena officinalis(VEBOF)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: VEBOF
  • Preferred name: Verbena officinalis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Euromediterranean region, Central Asia, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Java, Philippines), China (including Taiwan), Korea, Japan, Western Sahel, Sudan to South Africa, Australia. A widespread weed. Introduced in North America, Central America, Caribbean, South America (Chile, Bolivia, southern Brazil), New Zealand

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Verbena domingensis Urban

Common names
Name Language
common verbena English (AU)
common vervain English
European vervain English
holywort English
vervain English
echtes Eisenkraut German
Eisenkraut German
gebräuchliches Eisenkraut German
gemeines Eisenkraut German
gewöhnliches Eisenkraut German
herbe à tous maux French
herbe aux sorcières French
herbe sacrée French
vervaine de St-Domingue French
verveine French
verveine officinale French
verveine sauvage French
curasana Spanish
hierba de la ictericia Spanish
hierba de los ribazos Spanish
hierba de Santa Isabel Spanish
hierba sagrada Spanish
hierba santa Spanish
hierba verbena Spanish
verbena Spanish
verbena alta Spanish (HN)
verbena común Spanish
verbena fina Spanish
verbena macho Spanish
verbena mayor Spanish
verbena oficinal Spanish
berbena Italian
columbaria Italian
erba buona Italian
verbena Italian
verbena comune Italian
ijzerhard Dutch
algebão Portuguese
algebrado Portuguese
algebrão Portuguese
aljabão Portuguese
argebão Portuguese
erva-dos-leprosos Portuguese
erva-sagrada Portuguese
gerbão Portuguese
gerivão Portuguese
gervão Portuguese
gervião Portuguese
gervivão Portuguese
girbão Portuguese
giribão Portuguese
jarvão Portuguese
ulgebrão Portuguese
urgebão Portuguese
urgrabrão Portuguese
verbena Portuguese
järnört Swedish
läkeverbena Swedish
kumatsutsura Japanese
kumatsuzura Japanese
クマツズラ Japanese
クマツツラ Japanese
вербена аптечная Russian
вербена лекарственная Russian
læge-jernurt Danish
rohtoverbena Finnish
mineçiçeği Turkish
verbenah refu'it Hebrew
וֶרְבֵּנָה רְפוּאִית Hebrew
werbena lekarska Polish
werbena pospolita Polish
közönséges vasfű Hungarian
barshpreetkë Albanian
barshpretkë Albanian
sporisi mjekësor Albanian
curasana Aragonese
hierba de los ribazos Aragonese
verbena Aragonese
berbena belarra Basque
версин Bulgarian
върбинка стрък Bulgarian
железник Bulgarian
лечебна върбинка Bulgarian
спореш Bulgarian
barbera Catalan
berbena Catalan
herba barbera Catalan
herba berbena Catalan
mǎ biān cǎo Chinese
马鞭草 Chinese
ljekoviti sporiš Croatian
sporýš lékařský Czech
beirbhéine Irish
마편초 Korean
ma pyeon cho Korean
berbée Occitan
èrba crosada Occitan
èrbe de toute mau Occitan
glisià Occitan
grianà Occitan
pesquerina Occitan
vervea Occitan
sporiș Romanian
врбена Serbian
љутовница Serbian
обична врбена Serbian
železník lekársky Slovak
navadni sporiš Slovene
вербена лікарська Ukrainian
briw'r march Welsh