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Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
39.8815, -83.093
Field Notes
Description:
It is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing clumps of stiff, squared stems 2 to 4 feet tall. The leaves are lance-shaped and toothed. It has long, dense spikes of lipped, pinkish, "snapdragon-like" flowers in the summer.
Habitat:
It is native to North America, where it is distributed from eastern Canada to northern Mexico
Notes:
Physostegia are known commonly as obedient plants because a flower pushed to one side will often stay in that position
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Physostegia virginiana
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PublishedOctober 25, 2014
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