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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
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Perilla frutescens var. crispa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-34-001:
Perilla frutescens
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Beefsteak Plant, Perilla
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Roxanna Martin rlmperillafrutescens_1
February Spartanburg County SC
Calyx long-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Gill Newberry gn09_p_frutescens_fruits
September
Calyx tube hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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.
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.
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.
Roxanna Martin rlm9509_066
September Spartanburg County SC
Flowers borne in loose, elongate, terminal and axillary spikelike racemes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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.
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.
JK Marlow jkm151113_685
November McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District