Glandularia pulchella

• Botanical Name : Glandularia pulchella (Sweet) Tronc
• Synonyms : Verbena pulchella Sweet
• Common Name : Moss Verbena, South American Mock Vervain
• Plant Family : Verbenaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 5
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Glandularia pulchella Plant :

• Habit : A perennial trailing herb.
• Stem : Decumbent, cylindrical, at times rooting at the nodes, quadrangular, less hairy, mostly woody at the base.
• Leaves : Ovate-triangular, Highly dissected into lobes, trilobed, roughly haired on both the surfaces
• Inflorescence : Head-like terminal spikes.
• Flowers :
  • Bracteate, bracts green, ovate-lanceolate, half the length of calyx.
  • Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, densely whitish covered with hairs.
  • Corolla variously coloured from white to purple-lilac, purple, dark pink, reddish purple, whitish. Corolla tube hairy inside the throat, 5-lobed.
  • Anthers with appendaged connectives.
• Fruit : Inconspicuous
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : November - April
• Significance : Widely cultivated as a garden ornamental plant.