Glandularia Bipinnatifida, Purple Prairie Verbena
Plants > Wildflowers > Verbenaceae > Glandularia Bipinnatifida
Common names:
Purple prairie verbena, Prairie verbena, Dakota vervain, Dakota mock vervain, moradilla
Family:
Scientific name:
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Main flower color:
Range:
South California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and most of the Great Plains states
Height:
6 to 16 inches
Habitat:
Fields, grassland, scrubland
Leaves:
Up to 2.5 inches long, thick, twice pinnate. Hairy
Season:
February to October
The bilaterally symmetric, pale purple/pink flowers of glandularia bipinnatifida have five lobes arranged around a whitish center, resembling some phlox species, but occur as a rounded cluster at the top of quite a tall stalk, up to 18 inches high, though in some areas the plant stays rather closer to the ground. The tip of each lobe has a notch in the center; underneath are five sepals. Leaves and stalk are covered by relatively prominent, whitish hairs, as are the reddish bracts that subtend the flower cluster. Flowers have a long season, as the plant produces new blooms continuously during spring and summer.
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