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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Lamiaceae
Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. var. hirsuta
hairy pagoda-plant, hairy wood mint
Blephilia: Greek for "eyelash" referring to hairy fringe of the bracts and calyx-teeth
hirsuta: covered with hair
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-32" tall, aromatic forb; stems square and hairy |
| Flower: | pale purple, 5-parted, 1/2" long, irregularly tube-shaped;  |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, lance-shaped to widely ovate, stalked |
| Habitat: | shade; moist; woods |
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