Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
"One of relatively few conspicuously flowering herbs that occupy bottomland hardwood forests." Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Read more about Carolina Birds-in-a-nest at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea, Carolina Bogmint
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1458
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Corolla pink or lavender, striped with a deeper shade, or white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1459
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Upper lip hood-like, entire or notched. Lower lip 3-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1463
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Leaves 6-13cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, lower petiolate, upper sessile.
Jerry Bright jeb_mg_1465
August Marion County SC
Woodbury Wildlife Management Area
Overlapping nestlike bracts subtending the flowers give it its common name, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-14-001:
Macbridea caroliniana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae