| L |
Flora Eur. 1084 |
E | verbena, vervain, herb of the cross | S | Verbena officinalis L. |
| G | Eisenkraut, Eisenbart, Taubenkraut | F | verveine sauvage | I | verbena, erba corce, erba sacra, erba colombina, erba crocina, erba turca, barbegna, erba della milza, birbina, virminaca, crebena |
E. 8.65 |
A. 12.120 |
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Used as a general term for "sacred plants" as in the other Vergil passages, Horace, Odes 1.19.14, Celsus 2.33.3-4; but a comparison of Pliny HN 22.5 and 25.105-7 shows that verbena is synonymous with vervenaca, that is, vervain specificially.
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