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Species Information

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

Mckittrick Pennyroyal - Hedeoma apiculata

Mckittrick Pennyroyal

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

An herbaceous perennial forming dense tufts from woody rootstocks; leaves opposite, coriaceous, sessile, lanceolate-elliptic, entire, tapered to a conspicuous apiculate apex, 7-15 mm long, 1.5-3.5 mm wide; flowers solitary or in clusters of 2-3 in upper leaf axils, 3-4 clusters per stem; calyx tubular-funnelform, 8.5-9.0 mm long, teeth lanceolate in two sets; corolla of 5 united petals, showy, pink, about 2 cm long, two-lipped, lower lip broad and spreading, 9-10 mm wide; fruit of 4 nutlets, sticky when wet. Flowers July through August.

Status

Global Rank: G3

State Rank: S3

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 7

Number of Mapped Locations: 58

Number of Observations: 68

Observation date range: 01-01-1976 to 08-25-2000

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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