Glandularia bipinnatifida var. ciliata

Wiggins 1964, Martin and Hutchins 1980

Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Stems erect or ascending from a common base, 15-50 cm tall, sparsely hispid-hirsute. Leaves: Subsessile or with short, margined petiole; blades 2-4 cm long about as wide, bipinnatifid or trifid, with divisions deeply incised, ultimate segments narrowly lanceolate, hirtellous to hirsute on both surfaces. Flowers: Spikes on short peduncles, compact even in fruit; floral bracts shorter than calyx, lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, hirsute-ciliate; fruiting calyx 7-9 mm long, densely glandular, viscid-pubescent, hirsute on nerves, lobes short; teeth not exceeding 2 mm, contorted or constricted above nutlets; corolla pink to rose-purple, tube 11-12 mm long, limb 6-8 mm wide, lobes retuse. Fruits: Four nutlets 2.5-3 mm long. Ecology: Found in rich loamy soils, to sandy or rocky soils from 4,000-8,000 ft (1219-2438 m); flowers May-October. Notes: Note the recent name change. Distinctive among the Glandularia by virtue of is deeply incised and bipinnatifid to trifid leaves, along with its copiously glandular viscid calyx. Ethnobotany: Used as a life medicine. Etymology: Glandularia is ancient word meaning full of glands, while bipinnatifida means twice-parted, having two parts, ciliata means hairy. Synonyms: Glandularia wrightii, but numerous others, see Tropicos Editor: SBuckley, 2010