Seed Information
Common Name: VERVAIN - BLUE VERVAIN
Scientific Name: Verbena hastata
Alternative Names: American vervain
0.15g up to 590 seeds
R57.00
Scientific Name: Verbena hastata
Alternative Names: American vervain
0.15g up to 590 seedsR57.00Description
- Perennial
- Blue Vervain grows throughout the continental United States and in much of southern Canada.
- It has a stiffly erect stem, occasionally branching in the upper half, reaching up to 1.5 m tall.
- Flowering spikes, up to 30cm long appear at the end of the upper stems and are densely packed with numerous 5-lobed flowers, each up to 1cm long.
- The flowers are violet or deep purple and open from the bottom of the spike upward, with only a ring of a few flowers open at a time.
- They flower from summer to autumn.
- Plant in full sun, in well drained, rich soil.
- Seeds must be stratified before germination!
Culinary Uses
- No culinary use.
Parts Used
- The aerial parts.
Medicinal Uses. It is said that
- Blue Vervain is traditionally used to support mood health.
- It strengthens the nervous system whilst relaxing any tension and stress - anxiety, excessive anger, and neck/jaw/shoulder tension.
- To sooth anxiety with racing thoughts - chew one of Blue Vervain’s bitter leaves and you will notice how your normal stream of anxious thoughts began to dissipate and the tension in your body starts to melt away.
- Blue Vervain is also used to treat people with depression and spastic pains in the gastrointestinal tract, and for all manner of female reproductive system problems when associated with melancholy or anxiety.
- It is extremely bitter, which is why most people refuse to take it as a tea, but rather dosed as a tincture.
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Mountain Herb Estate, and its representatives will not be held responsible for the improper use of any plants or documentation provided. By use of this site and the information contained herein you agree to hold harmless Mountain Herb Estate, its affiliates and staff