Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cunila origanoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Stone-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cunila origanoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-30-001:
Cunila origanoides FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mappia origanoides
COMMON NAME:
Wild-oregano, American Dittany, Stone-mint
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JK Marlow jkm120407_742
April Spartanburg County SC
A wiry, much-branched plant with sessile ovate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Dan Whitten sdw_169
September Spartanburg County SC
The 5-lobed flowers are 3/8" long, with 2 protruding stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm221108_0629
November Greenville County SC
Leaves sessile or short-petioled, oval to lance-shaped, with sparingly toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
JK Marlow jkm221108_0637
November Greenville County SC
Stems square, wiry verging on woody, branched, reddish-brown, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cunila origanoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cunila origanoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-30-001:
Cunila origanoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mappia origanoides
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