Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Verbena bipinnatifida, Nutt. (V. pulchella of some seedsmen. V. montana, Hort., in part). Perennial, prostrate and rooting at base; sts. stout, upright, branched, 6-18 in. high: lvs. rather thick, petioled, 1 – 2 1/2 in. long, scabrous above, ovate in outline, bipinnately parted or 3-parted into numerous oblong, rather acute lobes 1-3 lines broad: spikes solitary, dense to rather lax, at first capitate, becoming 2-4 in. long in fr.: corolla 5-8 lines long, purple or lilac, limb 4-5 lines broad, lobes emarginate to obcordate; throat of corolla provided with a palisade of short hairs; upper stamens bearing each a small oval to oblong purplish gland. S. D. to Mex., east of the Rockies.—Fls. become bluish purple in drying. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.