Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Collinsonia anisata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Collinsonia serotina
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Collinsonia anisata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Collinsonia punctata
COMMON NAME:
Southern Horsebalm, Anise Horsebalm
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Collinsonia anisata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Collinsonia serotina
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Collinsonia anisata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Collinsonia punctata
2968
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Cream/Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 fertile 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) p038
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p231
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