NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

virginiana

Obedient-plant

Herb/Wildflower

Perennial

Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

^(*Key)

1-3 ft.

Pink, Purple, Violet

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day

Moist

July, August, September, October

Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

Physostegia virginiana ssp. praemorsa, Southern Obedient-plant - Woodlands, glades, seepages, especially over calcareous or mafic rock. Common in the mountains and Piedmont, uncommon on the coast. Global Rank: G5T5T4Q

Physostegia virginiana ssp. virginiana, Northern Obedient-plant- Streambanks, seepages, marshes, grassy balds (native occurrences usually over mafic or calcareous rocks), other open or semi-open moist to wet habitats, disturbed areas, ditches; rare across the state as a native, more common as an escape from cultivation. Global Rank: G5T5

Opposite

Deciduous

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Simple

Perennial

Important for Wildlife

Highly Recommended and Available

S3: Vulnerable, S4: Apparently secure ^(*Key)

G_T_: Subspecies or Variety Rank (add status to NOTES section) ^(*Key)

Individual flowers if moved left or right on the inflorescence, will stay where you moved them, hence the common name Obedient Plant

a cultivated specimen

Larry Mellichamp

Obedient plant seeds, collected from cultivated plants.

Watauga Co., NC

Annkatrin Rose

USDA PLANTS Database Record