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Carolina birds-in-a-nest

Macbridea caroliniana

Carolina birds-in-a-nest
Photo: Cornusflorida, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Macbridea caroliniana is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Carolina birds-in-a-nest and Carolina bogmint. It one of only two species in the genus Macbridea, and though distributed over a wider range than Macbridea alba, apparently still quite rare. It occurs in swamp forests of the Atlantic coastal plain, and is documented in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, though undocumented reports exist for Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Macbridea caroliniana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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