Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Physostegia leptophylla
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia leptophylla
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 164-13-002?:
Dracocephalum purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dracocephalum leptophyllum
COMMON NAME:
Tidal Marsh Obedient-plant, Swamp Obedient-plant, Narrowleaf Obedient-plant, False Dragonhead
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June Georgetown County SC
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June Georgetown County SC
Leaf margins wavy (undulate) or w low rounded teeth; upper lvs clasp stem, per Protected Plants of Georgia, Georgia DNR (Patrick, Allison & Krakow, 1995).
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June Georgetown County SC
Uppermost leaves below terminal raceme usually much larger than floral bracts, per Weakley's Flora.
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June Georgetown County SC
Flowering calyx tube 3-7(8)mm long; flowers usually > 20mm long, per Weakley's Flora.