PLANTS Profile for Physostegia purpurea (eastern false dragonhead)

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Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake
eastern false dragonhead

Symbol:

PHPU10

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

Mark A. Garland. United States, FL, Clay Co., County Road 220, northeast of Middleburg. Usage Requirements.

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Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

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Synonyms:
Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

	DRPU3	Dracocephalum purpureum (Walter) E.M. McClint. ex Gleason
	PHDE8	Physostegia denticulata sensu Small
	PHOB3	Physostegia obovata (Elliott) Godfrey ex Weath.

Distribution:
Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake


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USA (FL, GA, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 12 species in Physostegia

Classification:
Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Physostegia Benth. – lionsheart
Species	Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake – eastern false dragonhead

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

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FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F. Blake

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32397.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 06:41 PM CDT