Verbena macdougalii
(MacDougal's Verbena)
Verbena macdougalii, FR411, North Fork Rd, Las Animas Co. 7211
Verbena macdougalii, FR411, North Fork Rd, Las Animas Co. 7213
Verbena macdougalii, FR411, North Fork Rd, Las Animas Co. 7229
Verbena macdougalii, FR411, North Fork Rd, Las Animas Co. 7212
Verbena macdougalii, FR411, North Fork Rd, Las Animas Co. 7232
| Scientific Name | Verbena macdougalii | USDA PLANTS Symbol | VEMA4 |
| Common Name | MacDougal's Verbena, New Mexico Vervain, Hillside Verbena | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 505661 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Foothills and montane (6400 to 9500 ft); dry, sandy, rocky soils in meadows and roadsides. Plant: Erect perennial, 12 to 40 inches tall; stout stems are 4-sided and usually branched upward and with short, bristly hairs. Leaves: Opposite stem leaves on short petioles; blades are elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 2-3/8 to 4 inches long; edges are coarsely and irregularly dentate to serrate; the wrinkled upper surface has short, bristly hairs and the lower surface has prominent veins. Inflorescence: Long, solitary spike on each branch with a ring of small flowers at one level that moves up the spike, each flower with a blue to purple, 5-lobed corolla about 1/4-inch wide; spike has hairy, dark greenish-purple, pointed lanceolate bractlets above and below the flower ring. Bloom Period: June to August. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, New Mexico Wildflowers and Arizona University. |
BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key | Colorado Status: Native |
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