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Also Known As	Verbena family • Vervain family

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common garden verbena

Lemon verbena: A citrus-scented herb

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Lippia Caryopteris pigeon berry Petrea verbena glory-bower Lantana teak blue spirea Lippia canescens Orobanchaceae Lamiaceae Plantaginaceae Oleaceae Bignoniaceae Acanthaceae Gesneriaceae Scrophulariaceae unicorn plant Boraginaceae

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