Collinsonia anisata

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Collinsonia anisata
Collinsonia anisata AGP.jpg
Photo by the Altas of Alabama Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Collinsonia
Species: C. anista
Binomial name
Collinsonia anisata
Walter
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Natural range of Collinsonia anisata from Weakly [1]

Common Names: southern horsebalm; anise horsebalm[2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: C. canadensis var. punctata; C. punctata[2]

Description

Collinsonia anisata almost identical to C. punctata except for scent of aniseed and the number of stamen (four).[3][4] A South Carolina specimen from 1806 was described as having erect, lightly hairy stems of 2-3 ft high. Leaves are petioled, cordate to ovate, acuminate, crenate-dentate, pale underneath, and covered with pellucid dots. Inflorescence contain compound terminal racemus with simpler axillary ones. Seeds are globular.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs from central Georgia, southwest to the Florida panhandle, and westward to southern Mississippi.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

C. anisata is found in rich forests.[2]

Phenology

In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, C. anisata flowers from late July through September and fruits from September through October.[2]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. Weakley, Alan S. 2015. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 1320 pp.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Sims J (1809) Collinsonia anisata Curtis's Botanical Magazine 30:t.1213.
  4. Ward DB (2014) Thomas Walter typification project, VII: Observations on the genus Collinsonia (Labiatae) and a neotype for C. serotina Walter. Phytoneuron 89:1-5.