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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Synandra hispidula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is one of the more spectacular spring wildflowers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and farther west. Sadly, hardly anyone has ever seen it in NC. read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Synandra hispidula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Synandra hispidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-15-001:
Synandra hispidula FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Synandra hispidula
COMMON NAME:
Guyandotte Beauty, Synandra
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_syhi_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Synandra hispidula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Synandra hispidula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Synandra hispidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-15-001:
Synandra hispidula
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Synandra hispidula
3335
Forb
Winter annual? Perennial?
Habitat: Moist, rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 2-10cm long
Margins crenate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow to whitish
often streaked with purple
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed narrowly campanulate calyx
2-lipped corolla, upper lip slightly hoodlike, lower lip three-lobed
4 stamens, arched under the corolla's upper lip
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a raceme
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p232
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p147
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".