| Scientific Name: | Verbena canadensis |
| Common Name: | trailing verbena |
| Family Name: | Verbenaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Irregular, Pendulous, Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular, Mounded, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract butterflies, Bedding plant, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Rugose, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Ovate, Ciliate, Crenate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Nut, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems trailing, pubescent, rooting at nodes; leaves opposite, ovate, 2-6cm long x 1.5-4cm wide, deeply lobed, bases triangular; flowers pink to purple, in terminal clusters forming a flat-topped inflorescence. | |