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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Lamiaceae
Blephilia ciliata (L.) Benth.
downy pagoda-plant, downy wood mint, Ohio horsemint
Blephilia: Greek for "eyelash" referring to hairy fringe of the bracts and calyx-teeth
ciliata: cilium for "small hairs;" fringed with hair
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 5"-36" tall, aromatic forb; stems square and fuzzy |
| Flower: | blue to pink with purple spots, 5-parted, 1/2" long, irregularly tube-shaped;  inflorescence 1 3/4" tall with 1-5 dense, rounded, head-like whorls crowded, but usually separated, in the upper leaf axils; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, lance-shaped to ovate, mostly stalkless |
| Habitat: | dry to moist; woods, prairies |
| (Glossary) |
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