Obedient Plant
Scientific Name: Physostegia virginiana
Mint family (square stems, opposite leaves, and two-lipped, open-mouthed, tubular flowers). Individual flowers stay in place when moved, hence the common name "Obedient Plant."
Obedient Plant
Scientific Name: Physostegia virginiana
Obedient Plant
| Genus species: | Physostegia virginiana | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Obedient Plant | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, the stems square, and foliage often aromatic; leaves opposite, simple; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, the corolla frequently 2-lipped; fruit splitting into 4 nutlets. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Pink/Red Violet/Blue | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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