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Guyandotte Beauty (Synandra hispidula)

This biennial produces large, white flowers during the months of June and July. Photo Credit: Brian Parsons

Global Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Lamiaceae
State: AL, GSM, IL, IN, KY, NC, NJ, OH, TN, VA, WV
Nature Serve ID: 146333
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 01/01/1985

Description:

This perennial's leaves are arranged opposite each other, and are simple and serrate. The flowers are large, showy, and yellow and white, and make their appearance during the months of April to June. (Massey 1983) Very little is known about this plant.

Where is Guyandotte Beauty (Synandra hispidula) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Likes rich, mesic, shaded to semi-shaded forested slopes. Found in floodplains, stream terraces, roadsides, forests, and in upland forest. Prefers moist soil, and is found in stream banks. (Massey 1983)

Distribution:

Historically in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois.

States & Provinces:

Guyandotte Beauty can be found in Alabama, Great Smokies, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Which CPC Partners conserve Guyandotte Beauty (Synandra hispidula)?

Holden Forests and Gardens

Not Sponsored

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Conservation Actions

Nature Serve Biotics

05/02/2017

Lindsey Parsons

01/01/2010

Opening of canopy by logging

Lindsey Parsons

01/01/2010

Three populations are known from Illinois, all of them in the Shawnee National Forest. (Herkert and Ebinger 2002)

Lindsey Parsons

01/01/2010

None known.

Lindsey Parsons

01/01/2010

None known.