OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 136 taxa in the family Lamiaceae, Mint family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

                       

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Blue Curls

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trichostema setaceum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trichostema setaceum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trichostema setaceum 164-01-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Thin soils around rock outcrops, especially granite flatrocks, dry sandy soils of the Coastal Plain

Uncommon (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Blue Curls, Forked Blue Curls

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Trichostema dichotomum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Trichostema dichotomum 164-01-002   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills and dry flatwoods, disturbed areas, roadsides, thin soils around rock outcrops

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Dune Blue Curls, Carolina Blue Curls

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Trichostema nesophilum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes on barrier islands, vegetated with perennial grasses (especially Uniola paniculata), openings in maritime scrub

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Glade Blue Curls, False Pennyroyal, Fluxweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trichostema brachiatum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trichostema brachiatum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Shale barrens, outcrops of calcareous or mafic rock, diabase barrens, calcareous dry prairies, disturbed rocky areas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carpet Bugle, Bugle-weed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ajuga reptans   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ajuga reptans   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ajuga reptans 164-02-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns and roadsides

Rare

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon Common Name: American Germander, Wood Sage, Common Germander

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Teucrium canadense var. canadense   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Teucrium canadense var. canadense   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Teucrium canadense 164-03-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Rich bottomlands, prairies, marshes

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Musky Mint, Cluster Bushmint

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hyptis alata var. alata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hyptis alata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hyptis alata 164-04-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, margins of swamp forests, wet powerline rights-of-way, ditches

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tropical Bushmint

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cantinoa mutabilis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hyptis mutabilis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist disturbed areas

Common in GA, uncommon in SC

Non-native: South America

 


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Common Name: Dwarf Skullcap, Small Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria parvula   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria parvula var. parvula   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria parvula 164-05-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Upland prairies and rock outcrops

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Southern Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria australis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria parvula var. australis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria parvula 164-05-001?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, rocky woodlands, glades, barrens, prairies

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Shale-barren Skullcap, Glade Skullcap, Leonard's Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria leonardii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria parvula 164-05-001?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Limestone glades, diabase barrens, shale barrens and woodlands, dry sandy soils

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Veined Skullcap, Bottomland Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria nervosa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria nervosa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria nervosa 164-05-002   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Alluvial forests, mesic to dry forests (especially over mafic or calcareous rocks)

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mad-dog Skullcap, Tall Blue Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria lateriflora   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria lateriflora var. lateriflora   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria lateriflora 164-05-003   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Alluvial forests, bogs, seeps, marshes, shores

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Rock Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria saxatilis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria saxatilis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria saxatilis 164-05-004   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky forests

Rare in GA-NC-SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hyssop Skullcap, Narrowleaf Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria integrifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria integrifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria integrifolia var. integrifolia 164-05-005   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, seeps in forests, bottomlands, other moist sites, ditches

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria incana var. incana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria incana var. incana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria incana 164-05-006   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests and woodlands

Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry sandy open woods or woodland margins

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hoary Skullcap, Downy Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria incana var. punctata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria incana var. punctata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria incana 164-05-006?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests and woodlands

Uncommon to rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Showy Skullcap, Serrate Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria serrata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria serrata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria serrata 164-05-007   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Rich forests

Uncommon in NC, rare in GA & SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Large-flowered Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria montana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria montana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic hardwood (or hardwood-shortleaf pine) forests

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hairy Skullcap, Elliptic-leaved Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria elliptica var. elliptica   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria elliptica 164-05-008   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Kentucky Skullcap, Hairy Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria elliptica var. hirsuta   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria elliptica 164-05-008?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests

Uncommon (rare in SC) (rare in NC Coastal Plain)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: falseteeth skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria pseudoserrata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria pseudoserrata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Rich, rocky forests

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Mellichamp's Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria mellichampii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria incana var. australis   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria mellichampii 164-05-009   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy deciduous forests on river bluffs, maritime hammocks

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Altamaha Skullcap, Pineland Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria altamaha   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria altamaha   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria mellichampii 164-05-009?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy or rocky, dry forests

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Ocmulgee Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria ocmulgee   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria ocmulgee   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Bluff forests and other mesic hardwood forests with calcareous soils

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Heartleaf Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Scutellaria ovata var. ovata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria ovata ssp. ovata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria ovata 164-05-010   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic to submesic forests and woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Heartleaf Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Scutellaria ovata var. bracteata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria ovata 164-05-010?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, hammocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Heartleaf Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Scutellaria ovata var. rugosa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria ovata ssp. rugosa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Scutellaria ovata 164-05-010?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Shale barrens, other dry woodlands

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Small's Skullcap

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Scutellaria multiglandulosa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Scutellaria multiglandulosa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy bluff forests

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purple Giant-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Agastache scrophulariifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Agastache scrophulariifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Agastache scrophulariaefolia 164-07-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Rich woodlands and forests, bottomlands

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Yellow Giant-hyssop

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Agastache nepetoides   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Agastache nepetoides   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Agastache nepetoides 164-07-002   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands and forests, generally over calcareous or mafic rocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Meehania, Meehan's Mint

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Meehania cordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Meehania cordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Meehania cordata 164-08-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist, rocky, forested slopes, especially in rich boulderfield forests

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Catnip, Catmint

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Nepeta cataria   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nepeta cataria   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nepeta cataria 164-09-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Fencerows, barnyards, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Creeping Charlie

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Glechoma hederacea   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Glechoma hederacea   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISSPELLED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Glecoma hederacea 164-10-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, gardens, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont & SC Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: American Dragonhead

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Dracocephalum parviflorum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dracocephalum parviflorum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Moldavica parviflora 164-11-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Cultivated ground

Waif(s)

Native: western North America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eurasian Self-heal, Eurasian Heal-all

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prunella vulgaris 164-12-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, pastures, roadsides, bottomland forests; other forests and woodlands

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Heal-all, American Self-heal, Lance Selfheal

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Prunella vulgaris 164-12-001?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, pastures, roadsides, bottomland forests; other forests and woodlands

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Obedient-plant, False Dragonhead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dracocephalum virginianum 164-13-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Streambanks, seepages, marshes, grassy balds (native occurrences usually over mafic or calcareous rocks), other open or semi-open moist to wet habitats, disturbed areas, ditches

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Obedient-plant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dracocephalum virginianum 164-13-001?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, glades, seepages, especially over calcareous or mafic rock

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Savanna Obedient-plant, Eastern False Dragonhead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physostegia purpurea   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dracocephalum purpureum 164-13-002   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Wet savannas, savanna-swamp ecotones, ditches adjacent to former pinelands

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tidal Marsh Obedient-plant, Swamp Obedient-plant, Narrowleaf Obedient-plant, Slenderleaf False Dragonhead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physostegia leptophylla   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physostegia leptophylla   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dracocephalum purpureum 164-13-002?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, swamps, tidal freshwater or slightly brackish (oligohaline) marshes, rarely wet savannas (GA)

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Narrowleaf Obedient-plant, Narrowleaf Dragonhead

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Physostegia angustifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Physostegia angustifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Calcareous openings, glades, prairies, bottomlands

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint

Weakley's Flora: (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): Macbridea caroliniana 164-14-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, especially in sphagnous seepage areas away from direct flooding, savanna edges, ditches

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Guyandotte Beauty, Synandra

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Synandra hispidula   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Synandra hispidula   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Synandra hispidula 164-15-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist, rich forests

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Motherwort, Lion's-tail

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Leonurus cardiaca   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Leonurus cardiaca 164-16-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas

Uncommon in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: central Asia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lamium amplexicaule var. amplexicaule   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Lamium amplexicaule   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lamium amplexicaule 164-19-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, gardens, pastures

Common

Non-native: Eurasia & northern Africa

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lamium purpureum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lamium purpureum var. purpureum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lamium purpureum 164-19-002   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, pastures

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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Common Name: Spotted Deadnettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Lamium maculatum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lamium maculatum   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lamium maculatum 164-19-XX   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Florida Betony, Rattlesnake-weed, Florida Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys floridana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys floridana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys floridana 164-20-001   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed sites, roadsides, gardens; probably not native northward of Florida

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in Carolina Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native: Florida

 


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Common Name: Hyssopleaf Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Stachys hyssopifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys hyssopifolia   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia 164-20-002a   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist soils of pine savannas, marshes, seasonally flooded sinkhole ponds, roadside ditches

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Roughleaf Hedgenettle, Rough Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Stachys aspera   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys aspera   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys hyssopifolia var. ambigua 164-20-002b   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist or wet sandy soil of pine savannas, marshes, or swamp forests, mafic barrens, sinkhole ponds in the Great Valley

Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Epling's Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys eplingii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Stachys eplingii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys nuttallii 164-20-003   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic forests, bogs, wet meadows over calcareous or mafic substrates

Historically in NC, but not recently seen

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys caroliniana   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Margins of natural depressions, wet pine flatwoods

Rare

Native to South Carolina

 


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Common Name: Woundwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys arenicola   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys pilosa var. arenicola   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Marl fens, roadsides, banks of waterfowl impoundments; possibly adventive in part from farther west, but at least some populations native

Waif(s)

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Clingman's Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys clingmanii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys clingmanii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys clingmanii 164-20-004   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests, especially periglacial boulderfields, mostly at high elevations (and see comments below)

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Heart-leaved Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys cordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys cordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys clingmanii 164-20-004?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Nuttall’s Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys nuttallii   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Stachys cordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys clingmanii 164-20-004?   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, especially alluvial bottomlands or over calcareous rocks

Uncommon in GA, rare in NC

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: heart-leaved hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys subcordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Stachys cordata   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests over calcareous or mafic rocks

Native: north of the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Broadtooth Hedgenettle

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stachys latidens   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stachys latidens   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Stachys latidens 164-20-005   FAMILY: Lamiaceae

 

Habitat: Mesic forests in coves and on mountain slopes, mountain pastures and forest edges

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"A 'key' is simply a method of elimination. Choices are commonly given as paired statements, and after reading each pair of statements (called a 'couplet'), the reader chooses the statement that applies to the specimen at hand...." — Ron Lance, Woody Plants of the Southeastern US, A Winter Guide