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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
"One of relatively few conspicuously flowering herbs that occupy bottomland hardwood forests." Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Read more about Carolina Birds-in-a-nest at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Macbridea caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:
Macbridea caroliniana FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Macbridea pulchra
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1458
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Corolla pink or lavender, striped with a deeper shade, or white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1459
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Upper lip hood-like, entire or notched. Lower lip 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1463
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Leaves 6-13cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, lower petiolate, upper sessile.
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1465
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Overlapping nestlike bracts subtending the flowers give it its common name, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Macbridea caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Macbridea pulchra
3033
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, especially in sphagnous seepage areas away from direct flooding, savanna edges, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender/or White
Bilaterally symmetrical
3-lobed narrowly campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower three-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Light brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p062
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p294
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p447
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p213
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p125
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p258
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