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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Meehania cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Meehania at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Meehania cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Meehania cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-08-001:
Meehania cordata FAMILY Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Meehania, Meehan's Mint
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Leaves heart-shaped and petioled, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Flowers 1" or more long, crowded into one-sided terminal spikes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Thyrse or raceme 4-10cm long, each cymule 1-3 flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Meehania cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Meehania cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Meehania cordata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-08-001:
Meehania cordata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
923
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist, rocky, forested slopes, especially in rich boulderfield forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper lip hood-like
4 barely exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p094
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p147
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