Texas
Wildbuds

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Lake Whitney State Park, Hill Co. 8057

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area, Travis Co. 9589

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Reimer's Ranch Park, Travis Co. 9969

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Reimer's Ranch Park, Travis Co. 9958

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Emma Long Park, Travis Co. 3124

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Goodwater Trail, Lake Georgetown, Williamson Co. 1101

Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida, Reimer's Ranch Park, Travis Co. 9963

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	Click Here
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, but not glandular. Bloom Period: April to September. References: "Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, and Wildflower Center.	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Native

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