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Vitex rotundifolia Verbenaceae


On dune on public beach in 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue, Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia. 27 September 2008. This is an invasive, noxious creeping shrub.

On dune on public beach in 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue, Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia. 27 September 2008. This is an invasive, noxious creeping shrub.

On dune on public beach in 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue, Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia. 27 September 2008. This is an invasive, noxious creeping shrub. (The graminoid in the background is also an introduced plant, Carex kobomugi, brought from Asia as a dune stabilizer)

On dune on public beach in 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue, Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia. 27 September 2008. This is an invasive, noxious creeping shrub.

On dune on public beach in 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue, Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia. 27 September 2008. This is an invasive, noxious creeping shrub.

On dune on public beach in 500 block of West Ocean View Avenue, Willoughby Spit, Norfolk, Virginia. 27 September 2008. This is an invasive, noxious creeping shrub. Note the strong roots at the node.

WARNING:  Accurate determination of this plant or fungus depends on more than this single image.