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Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common or uncommon, depending on variety

Look for it in forests and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
White to lavender spotted with purple
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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

• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p149?
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p083
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p267
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p126

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides +   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides +   FAMILY Lamiaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 164-28-008?:
Pycnanthemum incanum   FAMILY Lamiaceae