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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glandularia aristigera   FAMILY Verbenaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glandularia pulchella   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-016:

Verbena tenuisecta   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Glandularia tenuisecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena


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image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

JK Marlow    jkm070414_003

April    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

JK Marlow    jkm070414_005

April    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Has a prostrate growth habit and finely divided leaves, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

JK Marlow    jkm070414_006

April    Calhoun County    SC

Congaree Bluffs Heritage Preserve

Spikes solitary, 1-10cm long, 1-3.5cm in diameter, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

JK Marlow    jkm160415_201

April    Turner County    GA

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

JK Marlow    jkm160415_202

April    Turner County    GA

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

JK Marlow    jkm170520_920

May    Calhoun County    SC

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgtenuisecta_laurens1

May    Laurens County    SC

Stems branch abundantly and are prostrate or decumbent, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_pulchella_2_2

September        

Corolla about 10mm or more broad and 2-2.5x as long as the calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Glandularia aristigera, Moss Vervain, South American Vervain, Moss Verbena

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_g_pulchella_6

September        

Leaves deltoid, pinnatisect [pinnately cleft to the midrib], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Glandularia aristigera   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Glandularia pulchella   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 162-01-016:
Verbena tenuisecta   FAMILY Verbenaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Glandularia tenuisecta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1599

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple: pinnatisect (leaf segments 0.5-1.5mm wide)
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender/Purple/Pink/White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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