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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pycnanthemum setosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum setosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-004:
Pycnanthemum setosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum aristatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia aristata
COMMON NAME:
awned mountain-mint
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_koar_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pycnanthemum setosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum setosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-004:
Pycnanthemum setosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum aristatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia aristata
3127
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Look for it in dry pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
White/Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
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