OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Physostegia purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-002:

Dracocephalum purpureum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Physostegia purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dracocephalum denticulatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Obedient-plant, Eastern False Dragonhead


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image of Physostegia purpurea, Savanna Obedient-plant, Eastern False Dragonhead

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_purpurea_2_c

August        

Erect, square-stemmed perennial more than 3' tall w showy 1" long corollas, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Physostegia purpurea, Savanna Obedient-plant, Eastern False Dragonhead

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_purpurea_cropped

November        

The stem tends to hold its position if bent, hence its "obedience", per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Physostegia purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-002:
Dracocephalum purpureum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Physostegia purpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dracocephalum denticulatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2900

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet savannas, savanna-swamp ecotones, ditches adjacent to former pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/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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