Chelone obliqua var. obliqua
Leaves: midcauline blade 53–80 (–117) mm. Flowers: caly× lobe margins not or sparsely ciliate; corolla: abaxial lobes (12–) 15–19 mm; staminode (6–) 8–12 (–14) mm. 2n = 84.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Along streams, marshes, swamps, seeps, springs, wet meadows and woods, pond and lake margins.
Elevation: 0–100 m.
Distribution
Ala., Ga., Ky., Md., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.
Discussion
Variety obliqua is considered to be vulnerable to extinction throughout the Coastal Plain Province; specific threats to populations have not been assessed (NatureServe, www.natureserve.org/explorer).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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ovate;rounded +
keeled +
glabrous +
hypogynous +
simple +
cuneate +
acuminate;acute +
surrounding +
symmetric +
Red turtlehead +
bilabiate +
symmetric +
tubular +
spikelike +
drupe-like +
absent +
bisexual +
septicidal +
Along streams, marshes, swamps, seeps, springs, wet meadows and woods, pond and lake margins. +
axillary +
opposite +
cauline +
ovate +
2 times-serrate teeth +
elevated +
axile +
spiciform +
absent +
hypogynous +
connate +
absent +
absent +
2-carpellate +
Syst. Nat. ed. +
1767 +
absent +
symmetric +
connate +
campanulate +
Endemic +
didynamous +
adnate +
absent +
spatulate +
equal +
aerial +
erect +
absent +
1;12 +
capitate +
absent +
Chelone obliqua var. obliqua +
Chelone obliqua +
variety +
closing +
pilose +
perennial +
autotrophic +
fleshy +
absent +