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Radnor Lake State Natural Area, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Mount View Cedar Glade State Natural Area, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Orinda, California, United States
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Orinda, California, United States
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Smallflower phyllostegia (no known Hawaiian name)LamiaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsEndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Phyllostegia is a near endemic Hawaiian genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. There is one species in Tahiti, (Phyllostegia tahitensis), one in Tonga (P. tongaensis), and 32 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.Phyllostegia are among the over 60 species of Hawaiian scentless mints, found nowhere else on the planet! EtymologyThe generic name Phyllostegia is from the Greek phyllon, leaf, and stego, cover, probably in reference to the leaf-like calyx lobes enclosing the flower in the type species P. vestita.The specific epithet parviflora is from the Latin parvus, small, and flora, flower, in reference to its having one of the smallest flowers in the genus.
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Inflorescence of Colebrookea oppositifolia from Lamiaceae. The flowers possess a beautiful fragrance. The common name alludes to the fact that the inflorescence resembles a squirrel's tail, although I have yet to see a squirrel with a white tail!
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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A flower of Pogostemon benghalensis from Lamiaceae. The white petals have a beautiful magenta pink venation giving them a striking colour. Despite the white present in the petals, on first glance they appear magenta due to the numerous long magenta stamens.The plant has a beautiful fragrance.
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Waianae Range phyllostegiaLamiaceae (Mint family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mts., Oahu only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Phyllostegia is a near endemic Hawaiian genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. There is one species in Tahiti, (Phyllostegia tahitensis), one in Tonga (P. tongaensis), and 32 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.Phyllostegia are among the over 60 species of Hawaiian scentless mints, found nowhere else on the planet! EtymologyThe generic name Phyllostegia is from the Greek phyllon, leaf, and stego, cover, probably in reference to the leaf-like calyx lobes enclosing the flower in the type species P. vestita.The specific epithet mollis means softly hairy or soft.
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Originating in northeast Mexico, now known as the Germander Sage. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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Kildonan, Arran. NS033208
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Orinda, California, United States
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Multi-branched small tree. Foliage and flowers are aromatic. DeciduousFamily: LamiaceaeNative to Mediterranean region.The seeds (berries) has been used to suppress male and female sexual desire. That is way it called Chaste or 'Monk's pepper'. , , " "Photographed in Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, Australia,Chaste = , , , ,
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Also known as Tarahumara in its native southern Mexico, a medicinal plant. San Francisco Botanical Gardens.
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(No known Hawaiian name)LamiaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai only)UncommonKauai (Cultivated)Phyllostegia is a near endemic Hawaiian genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. There is one species in Tahiti, (Phyllostegia tahitensis), one in Tonga (P. tongaensis), and 32 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.Phyllostegia are among the over 60 species of Hawaiian scentless mints, found nowhere else on the planet!
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