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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Verbena pinetorum
General Desc:
Taprooted plant; deeply lobed leaves are spaced apart on stiff ridged stems, covered with short coarse hairs. Ridged flower stalks are densely flowered spikes of slender white to light purple tubular flowers. Flower face <1/8 inch across.
Identification notes: Mostly erect with opposite, deeply incised leaves; long, slender, leafless spikes of white to light purple flowers; small narrow bracts below each flower and fruit. Stems covered with short, stiff hairs; V. pinetorum is sparsely hairy.
Height:
Up to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Found in foothills and canyons, along railroads, on west and northwest facing slopes on limestone cliffs and talus (loose rock fragments) as well as riparian areas.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2000 - 6000 feet
Color:
White to light purple
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Oct
Description:
A dense series of small, white to light purple flowers in 1 to 3 slender spikes per stem; flowers wrapped by a egg-shaped to triangular bract. Flowers have 2-lobed upper lips, 3-lobed lower lips, and hairy, white throats.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Lower leaves early-withering; stem leaves stemless, not closely spaced, blades deeply toothed (incised-dentate or pinnatifid), narrowly egg-shaped in outline, 3/4 to 2 inches long, surfaces covered with short, coarse hairs, some with gland tips.
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: Group of 4 densely hairy nutlets that are white and rough on their inner surface.
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