Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Nuclear data support Glandularia as monophyletic (Yuan & Olmstead 2008; Yuan et al. 2009). Plastid data reveal that the plastid genome of an ancestral Verbena species was transferred to the ancestor of a group of some Glandularia species (Yuan & Olmstead 2008; Marx et al. 2010).
Classification
Citation
GLANDULARIA J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 886, 920. 1792.
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TYPE: Glandularia caroliniensis J. F. Gmelin
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glandularia ×hybrida | Garden Vervain | |||
| Glandularia aristigera | Moss Vervain, South American Vervain | |||
| Glandularia canadensis | Rose Vervain, Rose Verbena, Creeping Vervain |
Identification Key
1. Leaves deeply dissected, the leaf blade and segments linear and 0.5-2 mm wide; nutlet commisure subequal to the nutlet width, strongly angular at top
1. Leaves toothed, lobate, to dissected, the leaf blade broad, if dissected the segments 3-12 mm wide and oblong, lanceolate, or ovate
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2. Plant densely pilose
2. Plant glabrate, strigose, to moderately hispid
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3. Calyx eglandular, strigose
3. Calyx eglandular
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4. Leaves strigose, not succulent
4. Leaves glabrous to glabrate, somewhat succulent
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| No synonyms found. | |||