Verbena gooddingii

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Verbena gooddingii, commonly known as southwestern mock vervain, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family.[1] It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it occurs in sandy and rocky desert habitat.

Verbena gooddingii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Verbena
Species:
V. gooddingii
Binomial name
Verbena gooddingii
Synonyms
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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

Description

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ "Verbena gooddingii Briq. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-23.