''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 The Verbenaceae ( ), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. The ...

. 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.

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aristigera Flora of Bolivia Flora of West-Central Brazil Flora of Southeast Brazil Flora of South Brazil Flora of Paraguay Flora of Northwest Argentina Flora of Northeast Argentina Flora of Uruguay Plants described in 1895 Taxa named by Spencer Le Marchant Moore {{Verbenaceae-stub