Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Blephilia ciliata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Blephilia ciliata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Blephilia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-24-002:
Blephilia ciliata FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephilia ciliata
COMMON NAME:
Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint
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Alan S. Weakley asw_236317312365447
May Granville County NC
Plants densely canescent; leaf apices obtuse, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Alan S. Weakley asw_6103297366463971
May Granville County NC
Live plants typically without minty odor (or tending towards oregano-like), per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_blephilia_ciliata_5
May
Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, often curving downward, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_b_ciliata_downy
June
Two to six dense whorls of flowers encircle square hairy stems at intervals, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Blephilia ciliata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Blephilia ciliata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Blephilia ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-24-002:
Blephilia ciliata
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Blephilia ciliata
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