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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chelone obliqua +
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Purple Turtlehead at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone obliqua +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-003:
Chelone obliqua
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Purple Turtlehead
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JK Marlow jkm140412_947
April Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0308w_23
August Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers in a dense cluster, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm090913_117
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves lance-shaped; leaf stalks 0.25-.5" long, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm090913_119
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lvs widest mostly at or near middle, serrate, w acute base. Petioles 5-15mm, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm0310g_01
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Capsule broadly ovoid, about 1cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Chelone obliqua +
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chelone obliqua +
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-13-003:
Chelone obliqua
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
314
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Look for it in streambanks, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Fall
Purplish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
2-lipped corolla
4 fertile included stamens (2 long, 2 short) & 1 sterile with white filament
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p094
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p093
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p170
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p328
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p087
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p239
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p283
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p155