NameThatPlant.net: Dicerandra odoratissima

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicerandra odoratissima FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Rose Dicerandra at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicerandra odoratissima FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-21-001:

Dicerandra odoratissima FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Rose Dicerandra, Rose Balm, Harper’s Scrub-balm

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dicerandra odoratissima FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dicerandra odoratissima FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-21-001:
Dicerandra odoratissima FAMILY Lamiaceae

2423

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular corolla
4 stamens, included or slightly exserted
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grayish-brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

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