Dakota Mock Vervain
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Photographed in the foothills of Four Peaks, Maricopa Co., Arizona along the recently burned Ballantine Trail. 2006.
RANGE: In the Sonoran Desert this plant is restricted to the higher
elevations in transition to chaparral or desert grassland.
FLOWERS: Smaller, five-pointed, tubular flowers are arranged into capitate spikes. Flowering
mid spring into fall depending on moisture availability.
LEAVES: Leaves are usu. narrowly dissected and the trichomes feel harsh.
PERENNIAL: Forming hemispherical clumps of bright pink-purple flowers.
FRUIT: Dry seeded capsule.
UNARMED