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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sophronanthe pilosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shaggy Hedge-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-001:
Gratiola pilosa FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragiola pilosa
COMMON NAME:
Shaggy Hedge-hyssop, Pilose Hedge-hyssop
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sopi4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1892
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1894
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Plant usually unbranched, pilose (hairs stick straight out), per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1899
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Sepals linear or linear-lanceolate, exceeded by the linear bractlets, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1901
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210706_1901b
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves are sessile, ovate, with smooth or irregularly toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm210709_1971
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_pilosa_shaggyhedge2
July
Corolla appears 4-lobed, but the upper "lobe" consists of two fused lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_pilosa_shaggyhedgeh
July
Flowers occur singly at leaf bases, nearly sessile, with two leafy bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sophronanthe pilosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-07-001:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tragiola pilosa
3354
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, wet areas, wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White or shaded with lavender
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla (apparently 4-lobed, but upper two lobes fused)
2 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in axils of leafy bracts
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p080
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p333
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p240
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p284
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p160
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p180