Chelone obliqua - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat
Wet woods.
Associates
Distribution
Along the coastal plain from MD to AL; also IN to southern MN and AR. Sometimes escapes from cultivation.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial to 70 cm. Leaves opposite, lanceolate or lance-oblong, serrate, acuminate, to 12 cm long, obtuse or broadly cuneate at the base; petiole 5-15 mm. Flowers in a terminal spike, purple to red-purple, with a white or yellowish beard; staminode white or whitish.
Notes
Flowers July to September
Wetland indicator: Obligate
Although this is mainly a southern species, it is a hardy and popular garden plant in the north.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of
Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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