Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana

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Species Distribution Map
Family:LAMIACEAE
Species:Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. ssp. virginiana
Common Name:Northern Obedient Plant; False Dragon's Head; Lion's Heart
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Obedient Plant is a native herbaceous perennial in the Mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to most of Alabama. Obedient Plant occurs in in moist hardwood forests, along streams, in roadside ditches, and in low areas of cedar glades and prairies. It is a perennial with long horizontal rhizomes, forming colonies. Stems are erect, 1-4 feet in height, square in cross-section, green in color, and glabrous or nearly so. The stems are unbranched below the inflorescence. Leaves are opposite, sessile with attenuate bases, elliptic to lanceolate in outline, with serrate margins. The leaves are glabrous. Flowers are produced in terminal, bracteate racemes. The calyx is green in color and 5 lobed. The dark to light purple corolla is 2-lipped. The lower lip of the corolla is three lobed and the upper lip is unlobed. The corolla is spotted or striped with darker specks or lines within. There are 4 stamens arched under the upper lip. The fruit is a mericarp. Obedient Plant is often available from nurseries. It prefers a moist, organic soil in full to partial sun. Plants may require staking. It can sometimes spread aggressively from the rhizomes.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyLAMIACEAE - Mint family
Genus Physostegia
Species Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. ssp. virginiana - Northern Obedient Plant; False Dragon's Head; Lion's Heart

Citation

Citation Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham, ssp. virginiana, Labiat. Gen. Spec. 504. 1834.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Witout data (lectotype: LINN 746.1). Lectotypified by Epling, J. Bot. 67: 10. 1929.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Dracocephalum denticulatum    
Dracocephalum virginianum    
Physostegia virginiana var. granulosa    
Physostegia virginiana var. speciosa    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Cherokee, Clay, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Franklin, Geneva, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Walker

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1947 - 1969

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_2095 Montgomery 17 May 1964 Creel, John
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_23900 Talladega 21 Jun 1971 Kirkland, D.L.
080		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000006550 Pike 27 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15821		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126547 Jefferson 31 Jul 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1659		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
USAM000007801 Baldwin 21 Oct 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
6881		 USAM
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126542 Etowah 10 Oct 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4402		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0013391 Marengo 10 Aug 2013 England, J. Kevin
4475		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham ssp. virginiana
AUA_ACC_52022 Bullock 4 Jun 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5897		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_40564 Autauga 4 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
36889		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
UWAL0006499 Montgomery 14 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20020		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
UNA00040365 Autauga 04 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
36889		 UNA
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126546 Jackson 20 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1363		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126543 Etowah 20 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3090		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_19971 Hale 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
882		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_4083 Bullock 8 May 1949 Orr, William P.
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000049025 Covington 22 Sep 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29108		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
SAMF0004883 Shelby 03 Nov 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4151		 SAMF
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Fernald
AUA_ACC_51054 Butler 26 Feb 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7148		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126556 Pickens 5 Jun 1969 Clonts, Jerry A.
s.n.		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_33024 Bibb 11 Jul 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
199		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126539 Clay 15 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5292		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_47471 Covington 7 Sep 1987 Folkerts, George W.
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
UNA00056333 Geneva 28 Nov 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12463		 UNA
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126553 Marshall 3 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3294		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0006500 St. Clair 19 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3965		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
UWAL0015144 Pike 10 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24520		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
TROY000006546 Butler 23 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17956		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
USAM000007802 Baldwin 23 Oct 1972 LeLong, Michel G.
7385		 USAM
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_52790 Bullock 26 May 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
6940		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126552 Madison 16 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6606		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_34161 Bibb 24 Aug 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1840		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126555 Morgan 16 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
37857		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0034614 Cherokee 10 Sep 1989 Kral, Robert
77095		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126544 Etowah 2 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3669		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_19062 Elmore 7 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
798		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126551 Madison 15 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_4084 Dallas 27 May 1950 Orr, William P.
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000038435 Pike 10 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24520		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
TROY000039216 Pike 12 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24543		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
USAM000007800 Mobile 14 Sep 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3761.2		 USAM
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0044445 Baldwin 18 Oct 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
745		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. ssp. virginiana
AUA_ACC_34132 Lowndes 1 Jun 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1469		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
UWAL0050228 Dallas 15 Jul 2014 Webb, Wayne
s.n.		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
USAM000007804 Baldwin 16 Sep 1981 LeLong, Michel G.
12276		 USAM
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126554 Marshall 3 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3294		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_9379 Bullock 8 Jun 1960 Jones, Jr., Samuel B.
472		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000020923 Montgomery 14 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20020		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126540 Clay 30 Jul 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4292		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0013835 Pike 10 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24520		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
TROY000049430 Dallas 15 Jul 2014 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_50185 Crenshaw 10 Sep 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6366		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_59087 Crenshaw 26 Sep 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11605		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126545 Franklin 17 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3790		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0013832 Pike 12 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24543		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UNA00065314 Bullock 12 Jun 1979 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1126		 UNA
Dracocephalum virginianum L.
UWAL0049970 Covington 22 Sep 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29108		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_42418 Lee 10 Aug 1972 Street, Jimmy J.
189		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
USAM000007803 Mobile 04 Aug 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3487		 USAM
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126548 Jefferson 31 Jul 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1659		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_40383 Lee 8 Aug 1973 French, Tom W.
380		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126557 Walker 13 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3699		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UNA00058512 Blount 18 Jul 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1268		 UNA
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000006549 Geneva 28 Nov 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12463		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0011496 Butler 11 Sep 2012 Webb, Wayne K.
s.n.		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_54055 Conecuh 15 Sep 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9390		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
UWAL0036627 Baldwin 12 Dec 2016 Stowe, Matthew A.
6		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
TROY000030870 Montgomery 21 May 1953 Eden, Thomas M., Jr
s.n.		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_41633 Macon 20 May 1973 King, B.L.
149		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000006548 Crenshaw 26 Sep 1999 Diamond, Alvin R.
11605		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
USAM000007799 Mobile 18 Aug 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8618		 USAM
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
TROY000006547 Coffee 15 Sep 2002 Walters, Olivia
6		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126549 Jefferson 31 Jul 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1659		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0038613 Lawrence 02 Sep 2018 England, J. Kevin
9438		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham ssp. virginiana
AUA_ACC_26837 Tallapoosa 12 Aug 1974 Hutto, T.A.
478		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_51963 Covington 3 Sep 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6339		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_65325 Pike 27 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
15821		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000045226 Marengo 10 Aug 2013 England, J. Kevin
4475		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham ssp. virginiana
UWAL0015887 Pike 12 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24543		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UNA00073751 Marengo 10 Aug 2013 England, J. Kevin
4475		 UNA
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
UWAL0018272 Covington 16 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74359		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_9653 Montgomery 14 May 1961 Smith, Jr., O.D.
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
TROY000021170 St. Clair 19 Oct 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3965		 TROY
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
JSU126550 Jefferson 31 Jul 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1659		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
AUA_ACC_4080 Montgomery 21 May 1953 Bennett, Orus L.
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
JSU126541 Cherokee 1 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12684		 JSU
Physostegia virginiana (Linnaeus) Bentham
UWAL0035849 Blount 14 Sep 2013 Anderson, Kelly
483		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth. ssp. virginiana
UNA00054529 Blount 12 Sep 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1631		 UNA
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_4119 Bullock 30 May 1951 Thornton, A.L.
 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
AUA_ACC_51133 Pike 15 Sep 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7125		 AUA
Physostegia Virginiana (L.) Benth.
UWAL0006498 Butler 23 Aug 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17956		 UWAL
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
UNA00040030 Baldwin 29 Sep 1947 Lueth, Francis X.
L91		 UNA
Physostegia virginiana (L.) Benth.
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