OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:

Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint


 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:
Macbridea caroliniana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3033

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, especially in sphagnous seepage areas away from direct flooding, savanna edges, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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/or White
Bilaterally symmetrical
3-lobed narrowly campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper hood-like, lower three-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Light brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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