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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
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Read more about American Lopseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Phryma leptostachya var. leptostachya
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 163-01-001:
Phryma leptostachya FAMILY Phrymaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phryma leptostachya
COMMON NAME:
American Lopseed
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JK Marlow jkm120424_546
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm120424_551
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm060508_203
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Opposite, petioled, coarsely toothed ovate leaves up to 6" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8740
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8744
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm080726_020
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm080726_023
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers horizontal, but when wilted hang downward - hence the name Lopseed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm080726_023b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers 1/4" long in regularly spaced pairs on one or more slender spikes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090711_092
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090711_095
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9611
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9615
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm120815_686
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
After flowering, the hardened calyx is closely reflexed against the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Verbenaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Phryma leptostachya var. leptostachya
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 163-01-001:
Phryma leptostachya
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phryma leptostachya
1069
Forb
Perennial
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, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purple/Pink/Lavender/White
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 stamens, attached to corolla tube
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p088
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p327
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p140
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p279
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p216
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p253
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p162
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