Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata
(Davis Mountains Mock Vervain)
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata, Lost Mine Trail, Big Bend National Park 1209
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata, El Solitario, Big Bend Ranch State Park 4237
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata, El Solitario, Big Bend Ranch State Park 4214
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata, El Solitario, Big Bend Ranch State Park 4217
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata, El Solitario, Big Bend Ranch State Park 4224
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata, Lost Mine Trail, Big Bend National Park 1212
| 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 stems; hairy foliage. Leaves: Opposite, with short petioles; blades ovate to lanceolate-ovate 0.8 to 1.6 inches long, once or twice pinnately-lobed with the ultimate segments mostly lanceolate to oblanceolate; 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 densely covered with glandular hairs. Bloom Period: April to September. References: SEINet, Glandularia wrightii in American Southwest and Verbena wrightii in "Manual of Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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