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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| + | Densely branched, low shrub, less than 2.5 feet tall, with a strong minty odor. Leaves evergreen, opposite, needle-like; leaves in clusters, giving the branches a bushy look. Upper surface of leaves smooth and hairless; lower surface covered by densely matted but nearly invisible hairs (visible with magnification). Flowers usually in groups of 2 or 3. Flower 0.5 - 0.75 inches long, flower bent sharply upward, lower lip of flower threelobed, white to pale lavender-pink with a band of purple dots on the white throat. Calyx smooth or with a few short hairs<ref name=fnai>[[http://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Conradina_glabra.pdf.]]Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Accessed: April 14, 2016</ref>. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
''Conradina glabra'' is endemic to the sandhills along the eastern shore of the Apalachicola River in Liberty county, Florida. Most populations occur on privately owned silvicultural land, the only population on public land is found at Torreya State Park<ref name=fws>[[http://www.fws.gov/southeast/5yearReviews/5yearreviews/ApalachicolaRosemary20090710.pdf]]Accessed: April 14, 2016</ref>. | ''Conradina glabra'' is endemic to the sandhills along the eastern shore of the Apalachicola River in Liberty county, Florida. Most populations occur on privately owned silvicultural land, the only population on public land is found at Torreya State Park<ref name=fws>[[http://www.fws.gov/southeast/5yearReviews/5yearreviews/ApalachicolaRosemary20090710.pdf]]Accessed: April 14, 2016</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 14 April 2016
Common name: Apalachicola Rosemary
| Conradina glabra | |
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| photo taken by Annie Schmidt | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Dicots |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Conradina |
| Species: | C. glabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Conradina glabra Shinners | |
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| Natural range of Conradina glabra from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Densely branched, low shrub, less than 2.5 feet tall, with a strong minty odor. Leaves evergreen, opposite, needle-like; leaves in clusters, giving the branches a bushy look. Upper surface of leaves smooth and hairless; lower surface covered by densely matted but nearly invisible hairs (visible with magnification). Flowers usually in groups of 2 or 3. Flower 0.5 - 0.75 inches long, flower bent sharply upward, lower lip of flower threelobed, white to pale lavender-pink with a band of purple dots on the white throat. Calyx smooth or with a few short hairs[1].
Distribution
Conradina glabra is endemic to the sandhills along the eastern shore of the Apalachicola River in Liberty county, Florida. Most populations occur on privately owned silvicultural land, the only population on public land is found at Torreya State Park[2].
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, Conradina glabra has occurred in a pine plantation at the rim of a steephead, and a sandy bayhead tributary[3].
Phenology
Flowers and fruits March through June (FSU Herbarium).
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
Conradina glabra Photo by Michelle Smith
Liberty County, FL.
References and notes
- ↑ [[1]]Florida Natural Areas Inventory. Accessed: April 14, 2016
- ↑ [[2]]Accessed: April 14, 2016
- ↑ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, N.C. Henderson, S.W. Leonard, Sidney McDaniel, Steve Orzell. States and Counties: Florida: Liberty. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
