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Physostegia

not marked as a favorite taxon Physostegia leptophylla Small. Common name: Tidal Marsh Obedient-plant, Swamp Obedient-plant. Phenology: Late May-early Aug; Jun-Sep. Habitat: Bottomland hardwood forests, swamps, tidal freshwater or slightly brackish (oligohaline) marshes, rarely wet savannas (GA). Distribution: Se. VA south to sc. peninsular FL, west to sw. GA., s. AL, and Panhandle FL.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: P. leptophylla is a tetraploid; Cantino (1982) suggests that this species may be an allotetraploid, perhaps originating from P. purpurea × virginiana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Fl6, GW2, K4, WH3, Cantino (1982); > Dracocephalum leptophyllum Small — S; < Dracocephalum purpureum (Walter) E.M.McClint. ex Gleason — G, RAB; > Dracocephalum veroniciformis Small — S; > Physostegia aboriginorum Fernald — F; > Physostegia denticulata (Aiton) Britton — F, misapplied. Basionym: Physostegia leptophylla Small 1899

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Physostegia leptophylla© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found in the wet muck of bottomland hardwood forests, swamps, tidal freshwater or slightly brackish marshes and, rarely, wet savannas.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, simple, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate (lower) to sessile and sometimes clasping (upper), lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, wavy-margined.

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Flowers: Flowers loosely spaced along a finely hairy/downy, terminal raceme; lavender to reddish-violet; 1/2-1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular and inflated, with purple splotches within, opening to 2 lips, the lower one 3-lobed. The tubular calyx is shorter, has 5 triangular lobes and may be gland-dotted.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found in the wet muck of bottomland hardwood forests, swamps, tidal freshwater or slightly brackish marshes and, rarely, wet savannas.

stems: Stems 4-angled, simple, smooth.

leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate (lower) to sessile and sometimes clasping (upper), lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, wavy-margined.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers loosely spaced along a finely hairy/downy, terminal raceme; lavender to reddish-violet; 1/2-1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular and inflated, with purple splotches within, opening to 2 lips, the lower one 3-lobed. The tubular calyx is shorter, has 5 triangular lobes and may be gland-dotted.

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