- Scientific name - Verbena hastata
- Plant Description - Summer flowers that grow in moist to wet soil and full to part sun. Grows up to 2-5'. This plant is edible, medicinal. Attracts butterflies, beneficial insects, birds (winter food), and mammals. Deer resistant.
- Native to the Saugeen Bruce Peninsula, as well as other regions in Ontario.
- Other common names: American vervain, simpler's joy, or swamp verbena