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Read more about Savanna Obedient-plant at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Physostegia purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-002:

Dracocephalum purpureum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)

Physostegia purpurea

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

Dracocephalum denticulatum

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Obedient-plant, Eastern False Dragonhead

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_purpurea_2_c

August        

Erect, square-stemmed perennial more than 3' tall w showy 1" long corollas, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_purpurea_cropped

November        

The stem tends to hold its position if bent, hence its "obedience", per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-002:
Dracocephalum purpureum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph of the genus Baptisia (Larisey, 1940)
Physostegia purpurea

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