Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Physostegia purpurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savanna Obedient-plant at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia purpurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-002:
Dracocephalum purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Obedient-plant, Eastern False Dragonhead
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_purpurea_2_c
August
Erect, square-stemmed perennial more than 3' tall w showy 1" long corollas, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_purpurea_cropped
November
The stem tends to hold its position if bent, hence its "obedience", per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Physostegia purpurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Physostegia purpurea
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-13-002:
Dracocephalum purpureum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
2900
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in wet savannas, savanna-swamp ecotones, ditches adjacent to former pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed campanulate calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla, upper lip hood-like
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Olive-brown
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p224
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p089
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p315
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p325
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p080