Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Piloblephis rigida
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Piloblephis rigida
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Piloblephis rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982)
Satureja rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pycnothymus rigidus
COMMON NAME:
Florida Pennyroyal, Wild Pennyroyal
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Keith Bradley kab_p_rigida_09016
April Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Small flowers are in compact, conelike spikes at branch tips, per Everglades Wildflowers (Hammer, 2002, 2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Piloblephis rigida
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Piloblephis rigida
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Piloblephis rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982)
Satureja rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pycnothymus rigidus
4112
Shrub
Short-lived perennial
Habitat: Scrubby pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, xeric oak scrub, often with Quercus myrtifolia, pine rocklands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender to white
with purple dots
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of mericarps
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