OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

Your search found 4 taxa in the family Phrymaceae, Lopseed family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: American Lopseed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Phryma leptostachya   FAMILY: Phrymaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Phryma leptostachya   FAMILY: Verbenaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Phryma leptostachya 163-01-001   FAMILY: Phrymaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, nutrient-rich slopes, mesic hammocks, in the Coastal Plain primarily in places underlain by coquina limestone (‘marl’) and essentially absent from the more acidic portions of the Coastal Plain

Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Mudmat

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Glossostigma cleistanthum   FAMILY: Phrymaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Glossostigma cleistanthum   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Aquatic in oligotrophic lakes, reservoirs, and stormwater retention ponds

Non-native: Australia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimulus ringens var. ringens   FAMILY: Phrymaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimulus ringens var. ringens   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mimulus ringens 166-11-002   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet meadows, bottomlands

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Winged Monkeyflower, Sharpwing Monkeyflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mimulus alatus   FAMILY: Phrymaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mimulus alatus   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mimulus alatus 166-11-003   FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae

 

Habitat: Marshes, bottomlands, ditches

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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