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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conradina verticillata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Conradina verticillata

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

Conradina montana

 

COMMON NAME:
Cumberland Rosemary


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image of Conradina verticillata, Cumberland Rosemary

Mike Strickland    mst011414_cverticillata

January        

Leaves a smooth green on top, woolly gray below, the margins rolled under, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Conradina verticillata, Cumberland Rosemary

Mike Strickland    mst050114_cverticillata

May        

Pinkish-lavender flowers bloom in the upper leaf axils in May and June, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Conradina verticillata, Cumberland Rosemary

Mike Strickland    mst120314_cverticillata

December        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conradina verticillata   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

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

 

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363

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Flood-scoured cobble bars of large rivers, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - needle-like
Opposite & fascicled, appearing whorled

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pinkish-lavender (with darker purple spots lining the throat)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Dark brown
Nutlet

 

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



 


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