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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3507615172816691

May    Granville County    NC

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

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).

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

JK Marlow    jkm060928_081

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

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).

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

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).

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_virginiana_2b

September        

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

JK Marlow    jkm111008_772

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_virginiana_11

October        

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

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).

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

JK Marlow    jkm0411f_12

November    York County    SC

Blackjacks Heritage Preserve

image of Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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