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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Verbena bipinnatifida
COMMON NAME:
Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Verbena bipinnatifida
4010
Forb
Perennial/Annual
Habitat: Dry prairies on clay soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple: pinnatisect (leaf segments 1-4mm wide)
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender/Purple/Pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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