Glandularia bipinnatifida
(Dakota Mock Vervain)
Glandularia bipinnatifida, Lathrop State Park, Heurfano Co. 6847
Glandularia bipinnatifida, Lathrop State Park, Heurfano Co. 6833
Glandularia bipinnatifida, Lathrop State Park, Heurfano Co. 6842
Glandularia bipinnatifida, Lathrop State Park, Heurfano Co. 6843
Glandularia bipinnatifida, Lathrop State Park, Heurfano Co. 6852
| Scientific Name | Glandularia bipinnatifida (Verbena bipinnatifida) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | GLBI2 |
| Common Name | Dakota Mock Vervain, Prairie Verbena | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 502783 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Life zones and habitat: Plains and foothills (3800 to 7300 ft.); sandy or rocky 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 bractlet longer than the calyx; calyx covered with stiff hairs, but not glandular. Bloom Period: April to September. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, "Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, and SEINet. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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