Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Blephilia hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Hairy Woodmint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Blephilia hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Blephilia hirsuta var. hirsuta
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
Habitat: Rich, rocky or alluvial forests, montane forests up to at least 5000 feet elevation, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
2 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p022
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p140
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p084
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p194
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p082
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p217
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p257
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p140
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