Thesis Statement: Tampa Verbena is a rare herb that is listed as a state endangered species. It is a perennial herb that is endemic to coastal regions in Florida.
Claim: Tampa Verbena is widely propagated and easy to grow from cuttings
Evidence: The plant is most often propagated by cuttings to slow demand for wild-collected plants.
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Evidence: It easily adapts to different soil temperatures and PHs, and can be grown on the dry and low-nutrient soils that are not ideal for other plants.
Evidence: It is somehow adaptable to the growing conditions of the coastal area where it is easily propagated. However, the garden plant does not reseed readily on landscapes.
Claim: Tampa Verbena is used in landscapes
Evidence: This is an attractive garden plant that can be used in landscapes, such as a low groundcover in a bed. The plant is particularly striking and can be used in masses with 4 feet spacing.
Evidence: They produce clusters of deep pink flowers with attractive dark green and diamond-shaped leaves. It has spread and ascending stems with papery, lance-shaped and notched leaves of up to 3 inches in length.
Evidence: Its flowers usually appear in spring, but the plant can bloom sporadically throughout the year.
Claim: Tampa Verbena is an endangered species
Evidence: This garden plant endangered because of the loss of habitat to development and agriculture. Its habitat is severely reduced by development and silviculture as well as extensive coastal development. The plant is on the verge of extinction if nothing is done to protect it
Evidence: In most parts of the state, this plant is either disappeared or removed, which means it is not easily found.
Evidence: Strolling through most Florida residential subdivisions shows how most native plants have been scraped away and replaced by all manner of exotic plant species in the lawns.
Claim: Tamper Verbena is endemic to coastal areas
Evidence: This plant is only endemic to the coastal regions of Peninsular Florida, and can also be found in north and central peninsular openings in woodland hammocks.
Evidence: Florida offers a rich variety of native flowers including Tampa Verbena that are not available in any other part of the country. The species is quite rare in nature and is now only found in some parts of the state, seen in one conservation area in the last 20 years
