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Plant is brave, spreading around space (7)

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I believe the answer is:

verbena

'plant' is the definition.
(verbena is a kind of plant)

'brave spreading around space' is the wordplay.
'spreading' indicates an anagram.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'space' becomes 'en' (in printing, a space as wide as a letter 'n').
'brave' anagrammed gives 'verba'.
'verba' going around 'en' is 'VERBENA'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for verbena that I've seen before include "Vervain (plant)" , "Herbaceous plant" , "Garden plant" , "Ornamental plant with showy flowers" , "Ornamental pant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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