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):
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Macbridea caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:

Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Macbridea pulchra

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint


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Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_1458

August    Marion County    SC

Woodbury Wildlife Management Area

Corolla pink or lavender, striped with a deeper shade, or white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Macbridea caroliniana, Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint

Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_1459

August    Marion County    SC

Woodbury Wildlife Management Area

Upper lip hood-like, entire or notched. Lower lip 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Macbridea caroliniana, Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint

Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_1463

August    Marion County    SC

Woodbury Wildlife Management Area

Leaves 6-13cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, lower petiolate, upper sessile.

image of Macbridea caroliniana, Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint

Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_1465

August    Marion County    SC

Woodbury Wildlife Management Area

Overlapping nestlike bracts subtending the flowers give it its common name, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3033

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, especially in sphagnous seepage areas away from direct flooding, savanna edges, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender/or White
Bilaterally symmetrical
3-lobed narrowly campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower three-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Light brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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