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Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Bentham. Common name: Hairy Woodmint. Phenology: May-Oct; Aug-Nov. Habitat: Rich, rocky or alluvial forests, montane forests up to at least 5000 feet elevation. Distribution: QC and MN south to NC, AL, AR, and e. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, G, GrPl, Il, Mi, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Floden & Schilling (2020), Simmers & Kral (1992); > Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. var. glabrata Fernald — F, K4, NE; > Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. var. hirsuta — F, K4, Mo3, NE. Basionym: Monarda hirsuta Pursh 1814

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of rocky or alluvial forests, rich cove forests and northern hardwood forests up to at least 5,000 feet elevation.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, branched above, usually densely covered with spreading hairs.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, long-petioled, lance-shaped to broadly oval and with pointed tips, 1 1/2-3 in. long, toothed, sparsely hairy above and hairy beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in several dense, headlike clusters that are tiered along terminal spikes, each cluster resting on a whorl of green, fringed bracts; pale purple or white; about ½ in. long; bilaterally symmetric; with the tubular corolla split into 2 flaring lips, the upper one narrow and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with purple.The calyx is tubular with hairy teeth, and there are 2 long-protruding stamens.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of rocky or alluvial forests, rich cove forests and northern hardwood forests up to at least 5,000 feet elevation.

stems: Stems 4-angled, branched above, usually densely covered with spreading hairs.

leaves: Leaves opposite, long-petioled, lance-shaped to broadly oval and with pointed tips, 1 1/2-3 in. long, toothed, sparsely hairy above and hairy beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in several dense, headlike clusters that are tiered along terminal spikes, each cluster resting on a whorl of green, fringed bracts; pale purple or white; about ½ in. long; bilaterally symmetric; with the tubular corolla split into 2 flaring lips, the upper one narrow and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with purple.The calyx is tubular with hairy teeth, and there are 2 long-protruding stamens.

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