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Hedeoma hispida Pursh. Common name: Rough Pennyroyal, Mock Pennyroyal. Phenology: May-Aug. Habitat: Prairies, Disturbed areas, pastures, barrens, granitic flatrocks, especially in exposed, thin soil; apparently adventive eastwards in the eastern portions of our area from farther west, but the native distribution unclear. Distribution: BC and NM east to ME, MA, PA, VA, NC, SC, and GA. Irving (1980) shows H. hispida east to e. Panhandle FL, c. AL, nc. TN, and s. OH; some of the scattered records further east are adventive. It may be recently arrived farther east or was previously overlooked. First reported for SC by Hill & Horn (1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Tn, WV, Irving (1980); = Hedeoma hispidum — GrPl, Pa, Tx, WH3, orthographic variant; = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Hedeoma hispida Pursh 1814 [1813]

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