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Meehania cordata (Nutt.) Britton  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesMeehania cordata (Nutt.) Britton 
BibliographyBull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 33 (1894)
Native Rangee. USA
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Descriptionrooting shoots to 60cm long, leaves 3-6cm long, opposite, broadly ovate, dentate, long petiolate, flowers 25-35mm long, in leafy spike
Size10-20cm
Colorpale purple
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in spring
SynonymsCedronella cordata (Nutt.) Benth.
Dracocephalum cordatum Nutt.
Physostegia cordata (Nutt.) Paxton
Territory7 Northern America
     75 Northeastern U.S.A. (PEN Pennsylvania)
     78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia)
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