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



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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image of Blephilia ciliata, Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_blci_001_lvd

        

image of Blephilia ciliata, Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint

Alan S. Weakley    asw_236317312365447

May    Granville County    NC

Plants densely canescent; leaf apices obtuse, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Blephilia ciliata, Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint

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).

image of Blephilia ciliata, Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint

JK Marlow    jkm180506_1993

May    Crawford County    GA

image of Blephilia ciliata, Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint

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).

image of Blephilia ciliata, Diabase Woodmint, Horsemint, Downy Woodmint

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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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, meadows, forests, prairies, usually in circumneutral soils (over diabase, limestone, shell, etc.), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Lavender (rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
2 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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