Verbena urticifolia
This species is included in the New York Metropolitan Flora Project of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Click here more information, including a distribution map for the metro NY area http://nymf.bbg.org/species/1558.
This species is grown by the Greenbelt Native Plants Center on Staten Island, NY. This facility is part of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and its purpose is to support and promote the use of native species in planting projects. For more information, go to: http://www.nycgovparks.org/greening/greenbelt-native-plant-center.
There are not many published studies that specifically examine V. urticifolia. There is a report of this species hybridizing with other members of the Verbena genus (Poindexter 1962). It has been included in a survey of root systems (Cole and Holch 1941) and a variety of general species surveys.
Cole HE and AE Holch. 1941. The root habits of certain weeds of southeastern Nebraska. Ecology. 22(2): 141-147.
Poindexter, JD. 1962. Natural hybridization among Verbena stricta, V. hastata, and V. urticifolia in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 65(4):409-419.