Glandularia bipinnatifida (Nutt.) Nutt. var. ciliata (Benth.) B.L. Turner
Dakota verbena, Davis Mountain mock vervain
Dakota verbena is native to the American southwest.
Plants: Plants are annuals or short-lived perennials, 4–16″ (10–40 cm) tall. They are variable, sometimes low and matted, sometimes taller. They may cover wide expanses of ground. Stems are branched and ribbed, and purple or green; and both stems and leaves are hairy.
Leaves: Opposite, twice pinnate, thick, dark or gray green, hairy, up to 2½″ (6.3 cm) long. (Technically the leaves are pinnatifid, that is, the divisions don’t reach all the way to midveins.) Leaves are rolled under, and have deep veins.
Flowers: Rounded, almost spherical clusters of pink, lavendar, or purple flowers, about 2″ (5 cm) around. Each flower has five notched petals and a thin tubular throat (the corolla) up to ½″ (1.5 cm) long. The calyx of each flower in this variety is densely covered with glandular hairs, while G. bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida lacks glands. They appear from February to October.
Fruits: Four nutlets, each 1/16–⅛″ (2–3 mm) long.
Habitats: Fields, grasses, and scrublands.
Online References:
Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and the Plants of the Sonoran Desert (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network (Glandularia bipinnatifida)
8/26/2014 · Rt. 53, El Malpais Nat. Monument, El Caldaron Area, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 9 × 5″ (21 × 13 cm) 
8/26/2014 · Rt. 53, El Malpais Nat. Monument, El Caldaron Area, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm) 
8/26/2014 · Rt. 53, El Malpais Nat. Monument, El Caldaron Area, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) 
8/26/2014 · Rt. 53, El Malpais Nat. Monument, El Caldaron Area, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 6″ (17 × 15 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Verbenaceae | Verbena (vervain) family, about 3,000 species |
| Genus | Glandularia | According to Umberto Quattrocchi, this is from the Latin glandulae, “a little acorn, tonsils” |
| Species | bipinnatifida | Twice pinnately divided |
| var. | ciliata | Name given to indicate a slight fringing like an eyelash that might occur on petals, leaves, petioles or other plant parts |
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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