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Phrymaceae > Phryma (lopseed)

American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
Durham Co., NC
17 July 2005

Fairly common in the western half of North Carolina and uncommon in the coastal plain, American Lopseed grows in various habitats. Note that the old flowers turn down against the stem as they go to fruit.

American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
Durham Co., NC
17 July 2005

Many authorities still place this genus, Phryma, in the Verbenaceae.


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.


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