Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Blephilia hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hairy Woodmint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-24-001:
Blephilia hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephilia hirsuta
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Woodmint
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July Pocahontas County WV
The Falls of Hill Creek
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July Pocahontas County WV
The Falls of Hill Creek
Leaves with acuminate to acute tips (Monarda-like); petioles 9-42mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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July Pocahontas County WV
The Falls of Hill Creek
Two to six dense whorls of flowers encircle square hairy stems at intervals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Blephilia hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-24-001:
Blephilia hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephilia hirsuta
212
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Habitat: Rich, rocky or alluvial forests, montane forests up to at least 5000 feet elevation, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
2 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p022
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p140
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p084
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p194
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p082
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p217
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p257
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p140