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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Perilla frutescens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 164-34-001:
Perilla frutescens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Perilla frutescens var. crispa
COMMON NAME:
Beefsteak Plant, Perilla
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JK Marlow jkm130128_185
January Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlmperillafrutescens_1
February Spartanburg County SC
Calyx long-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm7210_183
July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves purple or green, ovate, 5-13cm long, 4-10cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3826
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_frutescens_fruits
September
Calyx tube hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Gill Newberry gn09_p_frutescens_plant
September
Sometimes cultivated for its foliage, now escaped to roadsides and dry woods, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm130928_729b
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130928_730
September Spartanburg County SC
Leaves large (to 6" long), ovate, tapered to a long point, and long-stalked, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140924_941
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140930_004
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140930_011
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stems 0.3-2m tall, green or purple, finely pilose or densely villous, per Flora of China.
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Roxanna Martin rlm9209_039
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_066
September Spartanburg County SC
Flowers borne in loose, elongate, terminal and axillary spikelike racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_perilla_frutescens
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_perilla_frutescens_3
September
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JK Marlow jkm131002_828
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Roxanna Martin rlm10210_276
October Spartanburg County SC
Flower <.25" long, one of its 5 lobes slightly longer, with 4 stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Roxanna Martin rlm10210_290
October Spartanburg County SC
Calyx zygomorphic, 2-lipped, upper lip 3-toothed, lower lip 2-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm151113_685
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151113_699
November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District