Species Detail Forb

Flowers		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Glandularia gooddingii - southwest mock verain Synonyms: Verbena arizonica, Verbena goodingii Other Common Names: gooding's verbena, southwest verbena Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Verbenaceae
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: Several stems from a common base. Prostrate except for branches which turn upward.
Identification notes: Corolla tube only slightly longer than the calyx. Spikes of flowers are mostly broad and dense, the corollas relatively large and showy. The sterile lobe of the style surpasses the fertile lobe.
Height: Prostrate 1/2 to 3 feet

Habitat

Habitat Description: Dry sandy slopes, mesas, canyons and roadsides.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2100 - 5100 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Pink to purple Shape: Regular in round clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Apr - Jun
Description: Flowering period depends on available moisture.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Pinnatifid Leaf Margin: Dissected Leaf Attachment: Opposite Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves are dissected and toothed.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Gray to brown
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: Nutlets are 5-toothed and 5-ribbed.
Seed Notes: 1 seed per nutlet.


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