NameThatPlant.net: Pycnanthemum beadlei

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

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

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Read more about Beadle's Mountain-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum beadlei FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-008?:

Pycnanthemum incanum FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Beadle's Mountain-mint

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum beadlei FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-008?:
Pycnanthemum incanum FAMILY Lamiaceae

4127

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to lavender spotted with purple
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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