Intro: Erect, shrubby perennial of longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry oak-hickory forests and other dry, rocky or sandy woodlands.

Stems: Stems woody, sometimes slightly 4-angled, branched and with the twigs hairy; older stems have tan, shredding bark.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long, gland-dotted and aromatic.

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Flowers: Flowers in elongate, terminal clusters of 3-9 flowers mixed with leaflike bracts; lavender to pale pink, about 1/2 in. long, tubular with 2 flaring lips, the upper one notched and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with purple.

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Height: 1-2 ft.

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description: Erect, shrubby perennial of longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry oak-hickory forests and other dry, rocky or sandy woodlands.

stems: Stems woody, sometimes slightly 4-angled, branched and with the twigs hairy; older stems have tan, shredding bark.

leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long, gland-dotted and aromatic.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in elongate, terminal clusters of 3-9 flowers mixed with leaflike bracts; lavender to pale pink, about 1/2 in. long, tubular with 2 flaring lips, the upper one notched and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with purple.

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native range: southeastern United States