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American lopseed

Phryma leptostachya

Also called Lopseed, Slender Spiked Lopseed

American lopseed
Photo: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA, Public domain
Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A. and Mexico (Coahuila)
Climate
temperate

About

Phryma leptostachya, or lopseed, is a perennial herb of the genus Phryma. When distinguished from Phryma oblongifolia and Phryma nana, it is native to eastern North America.

The plant stands about 0.3 to 1.0 meter (1 ft 0 in to 3 ft 3 in) tall, and the inflorescences bear a number of small (4 mm) tube-shaped white to pink flowers.

Other Phryma plants

Phryma nana · Phryma oblongifolia · Lopseed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phryma leptostachya 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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