Glandularia phlogiflora

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Verbena phlogiflora, Cham. (V. Tweedieana, Niven). Fig. 3910. Characterized by rosy or purple fls. in oblong or oval clusters; resembles No. 1, but has more upright habit, softer pubescence and larger, longer-pointed, distinctly petioled lvs.: sts. ascending: branches rather erect, much subdivided, angled, retrorsely hirsute: lvs. oblong or lanceolate-triangular, acute, base entire, cuneately long-attenuate into the evident petiole, unequally subincised serrate, somewhat venosely rugose, strigose above, below hairy or strigillose pubescent: spikes terminal, pedunculate, many-fld., oval to oblong: bracts short-ovate to subulate-lanceolate: calyx twice as long as bracts, covered with short pubescence interspersed with short capitate glandular hairs. S. Brazil and Uruguay. B.M. 3541. P.M. 4:5. B.2:60. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.