Verbena aristigera

Verbena aristigera (syns. Glandularia aristigera and Verbena tenuisecta), variously called the moss verbena, desert verbena, fine leafed verbena, wild verbena, tuber vervain, South American mock vervain, Mayne's curse and Mayne's pest, is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae.^[2] It is native to Bolivia, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has been widely introduced to the rest of the world's drier tropics and subtropics, including California, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Greece, Nigeria, eastern and southern Africa, India, and all of Australia except Tasmania.^[1]

Verbena aristigera
In Hawaii, some with dark and medium purple flowers, and white-flowered individuals in the background
Close-up of flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Verbenaceae
Genus:	Verbena
Species:	V. aristigera
Binomial name
Verbena aristigera S.Moore
Synonyms[1]
List Glandularia aristigera (S.Moore) Tronc. Glandularia cochabambensis (Moldenke) Liesner Glandularia tenuisecta (Briq.) Small Verbena cochabambensis Moldenke Verbena tenuisecta Briq. Verbena tenuisecta var. alba Moldenke