Physostegia godfreyi, the Appalachicola dragonhead or Godfrey's false dragonhead, is a flowering plant endemic to the southern part of the Florida panhandle from Walton County to Wakulla County. A short-lived perennial it grows up to 1.5 feet tall. It grows in open wet savanna. It is in the mint (Lamiaceae) family and produces nutlets. It produces lavender purple flowers with darker veins.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Godfrey's False Dragonhead being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Physostegia
- Species
- Physostegia godfreyi
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