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Glandularia gooddingii, Southwestern Mock Vervain

Southwestern Mock Vervain has showy flowers in purple, pink, bluish, stems and leaves hairy. Glandularia gooddingii Southwestern Mock Vervain is an annual or perennial native “Verbena” that grows up to 15 inches; grows at elevations below 5,000 feet, 3,500 to 6,400 feet in California. Glandularia gooddingii Southwestern Mock Vervain is an annual or perennial native “Verbena” that grows up to 15 inches; grows at elevations below 5,000 feet, 3,500 to 6,400 feet in California. Glandularia gooddingii Southwestern Mock Vervain has showy flowers and bright green leaves with 2 or 3 lobes and toothed margins. Glandularia gooddingii

Scientific Name: Glandularia gooddingii
Common Name: Southwestern Mock Vervain
Also Called: Desert Verbena, Desert Vervain, Goodding Verbena, Gooding Verbena (Spanish: Verbena)
Family: Verbenaceae, Verbena or Vervain Family
Synonyms: (Verbena arizonica, Verbena gooddingii, Verbena gooddingii var. nepetifolia, Verbena verna, Verbena verna var. fissa)
Status: Native
Duration: Perennial
Size: spreading plants up to 15 inches and 3 feet wide more or less.
Growth Form: Forb/herb; multiple stems from base; decumbent to erect; pubescent.
Leaves: Green; 2 or 3-lobes; margins dentate; noticeable pubescence; shape: lanceolate to ovate
Flower Color: Purple, pink-purple; purplish-blue; flowers in rounded clusters; fruit a nutlet.
Flowering Season: Spring, summer; year-long with sufficient rainfall; April to June in California; February to October in Texas; (April to June).
Elevation: Below 5,000 feet; in California 3,500 to 6,400 feet.

Habitat Preferences: Dry slopes, rocky slopes, washes, mesas, pinyon forests and sandy soils.

Recorded Range: Glandularia gooddingii is found in the southwestern United States and in AL; AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT. It is also native to Baja California and Mexico.

North America & US County Distribution Map for Glandularia gooddingii.

U.S. Weed Information: No information available.
Invasive/Noxious Weed Information: No information available.
Wetland Indicator: No information available.
Threatened/Endangered Information: No information available.

Genus Information: In North America there are 18 species and 22 accepted taxa overall for Glandularia. World wide, The Plant List includes 80 accepted species names and includes a further 121 infraspecific rank for the genus.

In the Southwestern United States: Arizona has 5 species of Glandularia, in California there are 3 species, Nevada has 1 species, New Mexico has 8 species, Texas has 10 species, Utah has 2 species. All data is approximate and subject to taxonomic changes.

Comments: Glandularia gooddingii looks very similar to Dakota Mock Vervain, Glandularia bipinnatifida however, Southwest Mock Vervain has leaves with 1 to 3 lobes, not bipinnately divided. The differences between these 2 species is difficult to determine because of the extreme variation in the shape of the leaves in both species.

The type of Verbena arizonica was collected at Yucca, Mohave County, Arizona (Jones 3901) and that of Verbena verna at Diamond Creek, Mohave County, Arizona (N.C. Wilson 95).

Glandularia gooddingii was previously classified as Verbena gooddingii, and they are very closely related to the genus Verbena.

In Southwest Desert Flora also see Dakota Mock Vervain, Glandularia bipinnatifida.

Date Profile Completed: 09/23/2016, updated format 10/06/2017
References:
Arizona Flora, Kearney, Thomas H., Peebles, Robert H., 1960, University of California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles, California, as Verbena gooddingii.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service on-line database and USGS ITIS search - (accessed 09/23/2016)
http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=GLAND&display=31
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 09/23/2016).
http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Verbenaceae/Glandularia
Native Plant Information Network, NPIN (2013). Published on the Internet http://www.wildflower.org/plants/ [accessed: 09/23/2016]. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GLGO
1993, The Jepson Manual, Citation: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange/I_treat_indexes.html; as Verbena gooddingii. (accessed 09/23/2016)
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7773,7786,7790
SEINet for synonyms, scientific names, recorded geographic locations and general information
http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/(accessed 09/23/2016).