​MacDougall’s Verbena, Hillside Verbena, MacDougal's Vervain,Verbena macdougalii,Pea Family (Fabaceae)

The Bloom Blog
Blooming this week in the environs of Abiquiú
By Wildflowers of the Southern Rocky Mountains

Found in pine forests, roadsides
Seen blooming in July by SR285, south of Tres Piedras

MacDougall’s Verbena grows over three feet tall with stiff, branched stems. Leaves are long and toothed. The whole plant is hairy and resembles some members of the mint family, but it does not have the aroma. The long, thick, dense flower spikes have a ring of small flowers at one level which moves up the spike as the flower matures. Traditionally the Navajo used MacDougall’s Verbena in various ceremonial ways as a lotion and fumigant and a cold infusion was taken and used as lotion for fever. Source.
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