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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sophronanthe pilosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
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Read more about Shaggy Hedge-hyssop at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sophronanthe pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17 (2019)
Sophronanthe pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola pilosa
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (4/14/23):
Sophronanthe pilosa
FAMILY
Plantaginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gratiola pilosa
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sophronanthe pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 17
Sophronanthe pilosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gratiola pilosa
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
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White or shaded with lavender
Flowers are sessile or almost sessile [pedicels 0-3(5)mm].
5 sepals
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla (apparently 4-lobed, but upper two lobes fused)
2 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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
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