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Read more about American Lopseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Phryma leptostachya var. leptostachya
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 163-01-001:
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phryma leptostachya
COMMON NAME:
American Lopseed
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JK Marlow jkm120424_546
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm120424_551
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm060508_203
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Opposite, petioled, coarsely toothed ovate leaves up to 6" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm080726_020
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm080726_023
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers horizontal, but when wilted hang downward - hence the name Lopseed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm080726_023b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers 1/4" long in regularly spaced pairs on one or more slender spikes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm090711_092
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090711_095
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9611
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9615
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120815_686
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
After flowering, the hardened calyx is closely reflexed against the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.