Verbena carnea

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

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| genus = Verbena

| species = carnea

| authority = Medik.

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• Leptostachya carolinensis {{small|(Walter) Kuntze}}
• Phryma carolinensis {{small|Walter}}
• Stylodon carneus {{small|(Medik.) Moldenke}}
• Stylodon carolinensis {{small|(Walter) Small}}
• Stylodon carolinianum {{small|Raf.}}
• Stylodon scabrum {{small|Raf.}}
• Verbena carolinensis {{small|(Walter) Small}}
• Verbena caroliniana {{small|Michx.}}

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Verbena carnea (syn. Stylodon carneus), the Carolina false vervain, is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae.{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=STCA6 |title=Stylodon carneus (Medik.) Moldenke |author=Joseph A. Marcus |date=25 May 2023 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=25 May 2024 }}{{Cite web|url=https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=978|title=Verbena carnea - Species Details|website=Atlas of Florida Plants}} It is native to Texas and the southeastern United States.{{cite POWO |id=865084-1 |title=Verbena carnea Medik. |access-date=25 May 2024 }} A short-lived perennial typically {{cvt|2|ft|1}} tall, it is found growing in lower but non-coastal areas such as sand hills, scrubby oak woodlands, and in longleaf pine woods.{{cite web |url=http://www.floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=3688 |title=Verbena carnea |last1=Diamond |first1=A. |date=2024 |website=floraofalabama.org |publisher=Alabama Plant Atlas |access-date=25 May 2024 }}