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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mosla dianthera   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mosla dianthera   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Mosla dianthera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Mosla dianthera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Orthodon dianthera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-35?:

Mosla dianthera   FAMILY Lamiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla


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image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210914_3712

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210914_3713

September    Greenville County    SC

Calyx veins minutely hispid; upper lip reflexed, lower lip erect, per Flora of China.

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210914_3714

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210914_3716

September    Greenville County    SC

Becoming a noxious weed in KY, TN, & w. NC, and likely to become more widespread in our area, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210914_3717

September    Greenville County    SC

Corolla 3.5-4mm, borne 2 per node in a slender terminal spike, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210914_3718

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210919_3742

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210919_3744

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm210919_3745

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm211003_4065

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm211003_4065b

October    Greenville County    SC

Teeth of calyx upper lip ovate-triangular, middle tooth shorter than lateral, per Flora of China.

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

JK Marlow    jkm211014_4320

October    Pickens County    SC

It resembles Perilla, but... [among other things, much smaller!], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Mosla dianthera, Miniature Beefsteak-plant, Mosla

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mosla_dianthera_4

October    Floyd County    GA

Pinhoti Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Mosla dianthera   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mosla dianthera   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Mosla dianthera

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Orthodon dianthera

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-35?:
Mosla dianthera   FAMILY Lamiaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2945

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Mtns & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-lobed corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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