Dakota Vervain - Glandularia bipinnatifida
National Defense Mine site
East of Hillsboro, NM, USA
January 23, 2017
On January 23 we had found Dakota Vervain, Glandularia bipinnatifida var. latilobata, in flower near the National Defense Mine site east of Hillsboro.
English synonyms for the full species included Prairie Verbena, Purple Prairie Verbena, Dakota Vervain, Dakota Mock Vervain, Moradilla, and Alfombrilla.
The specimen used by B. L. Turner to make the current taxonomic determination, G. b. var. latilobata, is shown below. The specimen was collected by T. R. Van Devender on 24 April 2004 a few miles west of Agua Prieta, Mexico (Agua Prieta is on the Mexican side of the US/Mexico border).