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Lamiaceae
Macbridea

Macbridea caroliniana (Walter) Blake. Common name: Carolina Birds-in-a-nest, Carolina Macbridea. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Swamp forests, especially in sphagnous seepage areas away from direct flooding, savanna seepages, pine savanna, sandhill seepages, edges, ditches. Distribution: Se. NC to s. GA; reported but undocumented from n. FL, AL, and MS, apparently rare throughout its range.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = GW2, K4, RAB; = Macbridea pulchra Elliott — S, S13. Basionym: Thymbra caroliniana Walter 1788

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily : 4

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image of plant© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Macbridea caroliniana, Congaree National Park, Richland County, South Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Macbridea caroliniana, cultivated from, Marion County, Georgia, growing in the Conservation Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Macbridea caroliniana, cultivated from, Marion County, Georgia, growing in the Conservation Garden, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Grant Morrow Parkins | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Emily Oglesby | Original Image ⭷

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native range: NC, SC, GA, (FL & AL extinct)



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