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Physostegia

not marked as a favorite taxon Physostegia intermedia (Nuttall) Engelmann & A. Gray. Common name: Slender Dragonhead, Slender Obedient-plant. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Swamps, moist forests, ditches. Distribution: IL, KY, AR, and LA west to OK and TX. Also mapped as widespread in Coastal Plain of GA (Jones & Coile 1988); presumably an error.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, GW2, K4, Mo3, Cantino (1982); = Dracocephalum intermedium Nutt.; > Physostegia intermedia (Nutt.) Engelm. & A.Gray — NcTx, Tx; > Physostegia micrantha Lundell — NcTx, Tx. Basionym: Dracocephalum intermedium Nutt. 1837

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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