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| Scientific Name | Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida (Verbena bipinnatifida) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GLBIB |
| Common Name | Prairie Verbena, Dakota Mock Vervain | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 528246 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Dry rocky to sandy soils in plains, pastures, meadows, open woods, washes and streamsides. Plant: Multi-stemmed perennial, reclining stems branching from base, up to 2 feet long with tips ascending 4 to 12 inches high, herbage with stiff, bristly hairs. Leaves: Opposite and petiolate, blades deeply incised to bipinnately-lobed, 3/4 to 2-3/8 inches long, the lobes linear or oblong. Inflorescence: Many showy blue-purple-pink flowers 1/4-inch across grouped in short, dense terminal spikes; corolla with 5 spreading lobes with tube up to 1-1/2 times longer than the calyx; each flower subtended by a pointed linear bractlets longer than the calyx; calyx covered with stiff hairs. Bloom Period: April to September. References: "Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata (Glandularia wrightii, Verbena wrightii) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GLBIC |
| Common Name | Davis Mountain Mock Vervain, Desert Verbena | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 833952 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Gravelly banks and washes, roadsides, grasslands, limestone slopes, scrub at higher altitudes 3,400-8,000 ft in desert environments. Plant: Perennial 6 to 24 inches tall with spreading to erect hairy stems. Leaves: Opposite, with short petioles; blades ovate to lanceolate-ovate 0.8 to 1.6 inches long, once or twice pinnately-lobed; hairy but without glands. Inflorescence: Short, dense terminal spikes of showy pink-purple, sometimes white blossoms, each with 5 petals and subtended by a bractlet shorter or about the same length as the calyx which is sparsely to moderately covered with glandular hairs. Bloom Period: April to September. References: SEINet and "Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Glandularia pumila (Verbena pumila) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GLPU4 |
| Common Name | Low Verbena, Pink Mock Vervain | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 502792 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soils in open areas, fields, prairies, hillsides. Plant: Short annual, decumbent to ascending, multi-stemmed, 6 to 12 inches tall; hairy, sometimes glandular. Leaves: Opposite, triangular, 3/4 to 1-1/4 inch long, divided into 3 parts, each part lobed and incised. Inflorescence: Small 5-petal, pink to lavender flowers 1/8 to 1/4-inch across, compressed into a short spike about 1-3/4 inch long. Bloom Period: January to August. References: "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, and "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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