| Author | Persoon | |
| Distribution | Scattered in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 2020 (Facebook photo) from the southern coast (New Hanover County). First collected in 2000 as a nursery weed in Chatham County, then in 2001 in landscaping material in a yard in Mecklenburg County; subsequently in 2006, 2007, 2016, and 2020. Spreading greatly, with many iNaturalist photos in 2023-24.
Native of South America; in N.A. NC to FL, TX, AR. | |
| Abundance | Rare but increasing, so far as is known. It probably is overlooked -- it is a tiny species, but is starting to spread in the state. | |
| Habitat | Campus plant beds, yard weed where augmented with landscape material, lawn weed. Various weedy places with low vegetation. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-January. | |
| Identification | This skullcap is very branchy and its stems are lax, tending to form patches; it ranges only to a few inches tall, seldom a foot tall. The leaves are lance-shape or narrowly triangular, with 2 small but distinct basal lobes -- a key character. The flowers are tiny, in leaf axils, pink-rose and white, with dark red or purple spotting on the lower lip. | |
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| State Rank | SE * | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACW link |
| USACE-emp | OBL link |
