Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Section: Common Name: Scientific Name: Family:
Account for Annual Lion's-ear - Leonotis nepetifolia   (L.) W.T. Aiton
Members of Lamiaceae:
Only member of Leonotis in NC.
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Author(L.) W.T. Aiton
DistributionCollected 3 times in NC: Martin County in 1923, Wake County in 1948, and Johnston County in 1957.

Native of Southern Africa; in N.A. NC to FL, TX, and CA.
AbundanceVery rare.
HabitatSwamp, moist pasture, barnyard.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting August-October.
IdentificationThis species is distinctive in its inflorescence of 1-3, spaced out, round "heads" of orange flowers -- in whorls, along a tall (often to 5-6 feet) stem.
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State RankSE
Global RankGNR
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B.A. SorrieOld field, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, 1970. Photo_non_NCPhoto_non_NC
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