Common Names: Southwestern Mock Vervain, Pink Verbena, Southwestern Vervain, Goodding’s Verbena, Mojave Verbena
Synonyms: Glandularia gooddingii, Verbena arizonica, Verbena gooddingii, Verbena gooddingii var. nepetifolia, Verbena verna, Verbena verna var. fissa
Taxonomy: Verbenaceae (Verbena)
Habit: perennial forb, herb
Size: up to 2’
Flowers: purple, pink
Bloom: blooms all year, flowering period depends on available moisture
Leaves: opposite
Fruit: Schizocarp
Description:
Both the stems and deeply divided, three-lobed leave are quite hairy. It is a spreading plant forming a low mat 3 ft. wide. The plant blooms in large, dense, head-like spikes of many flowers atop several 6-18” stems. Each flower has a calyx of hairy sepals and a pale purple-blue corolla up to 1/2” (1.4 cm) long. It is common to see these in the mountains in the weeks following rain.
Distribution: AL, AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT
Seen: NV (Mountain Springs Summit)
Habitat: washes, dry slopes, mesas, pinyon forests
