Verbena gooddingii
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|species = gooddingii
|authority = Briq.
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- Glandularia gooddingii (Briq.) Solbrig
- Verbena bipinnatifida var. gooddingii (Briq.) Jeps.
- Verbena arizonica Briq.
- Verbena verna A.Nelson
- Verbena verna var. fissa A.Nelson
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Verbena gooddingii, commonly known as southwestern mock vervain, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family.{{Cite web |title=Verbena gooddingii Briq. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:263061-2 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in sandy and rocky desert habitat.
Description
Verbena gooddingii is a perennial herb producing several hairy, decumbent to erect stems up to 45 centimeters long. The hairy leaves are generally divided at the base into a few lobes, which are edged with large teeth or small lobes. The plant blooms in large, dense, head-like spikes of many flowers. Each flower has a calyx of hairy sepals and a pale purple-blue corolla up to 1.4 centimeters long.
External links
{{Commons|Glandularia gooddingii}}
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7773,7786,7790 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Glandularia+gooddingii Photo gallery]