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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Obedient-plant at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Physostegia virginiana var. arenaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Physostegia (Labiatae) (Cantino, 1982)
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-001?:
Dracocephalum virginianum FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dracocephalum virginianum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Obedient-plant
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Alan S. Weakley asw_3507615172816691
May Granville County NC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_3507615172816691b
May Granville County NC
None of the leaves clasping the stem, all or most of the largest leaves sharply serrate, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_081
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm060928_099
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Flowers bright pink with purple lines, upper lip hooded, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_101
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Flowers closely spaced, often in vertical ranks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_virginiana_2b
September
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JK Marlow jkm111008_772
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_virginiana_11
October
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_virginiana_11b
October
Calyx lobes ascending and less than 1/3 the length of the tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0411f_12
November York County SC
Blackjacks Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_virginiana_2
December
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Physostegia virginiana var. arenaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A monograph of the genus Physostegia (Labiatae) (Cantino, 1982)
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-001?:
Dracocephalum virginianum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dracocephalum virginianum
1077
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, glades, seepages, especially over calcareous or mafic rock, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla, upper lip hood-like
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Olive-brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p223?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p159?
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p132?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p217
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p267
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p094?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p326
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p080?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p216?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p239
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p224?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p266?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p142?
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