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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Lamiales
        Family: Lamiaceae
          Genus: Hedeoma
            Species: todsenii

Todsen's Pennyroyal - Hedeoma todsenii

Todsen's Pennyroyal

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Rhizomatous, perennial herb, the rhizomes slender and unbranched; stems several, unbranched, clustered, somewhat woody at the base, 10-20 cm tall; leaves opposite, 8-15 mm long, 2.5-5.0 mm wide, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, tip rounded to acute, margins entire, lower surface glandular-dotted; flowers one to a few per stem, arising from the upper leaf axils; calyx 13 mm long, tubular, bilabiate, the teeth narrowly acute; corolla up to 3.6 cm long, tubular, bilabiate, red-orange to rarely yellow, red markings on the inner lip; fertile stamens 2; fruit of 4 nutlets with usually only 1 or 2 developing to maturity. Flowers July to September.

Status

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S2

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Endangered [LE]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 7

Number of Mapped Locations: 38

Number of Observations: 171

Observation date range: 08-18-1978 to 07-16-2019

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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