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Mountain phyllostegia

Phyllostegia ambigua (A.Gray) Hillebr.

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Phyllostegia

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Common names

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English
Mountain phyllostegia

Synonyms

  • Phyllostegia alba H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia brevidens var. ambigua A.Gray
  • Phyllostegia brevidens var. expansa Sherff
  • Phyllostegia brevidens var. heterodoxa Sherff
  • Phyllostegia brevidens var. hirsutula (Hillebr.) Sherff
  • Phyllostegia brevidens var. pauciflora Sherff
  • Phyllostegia brevidens var. pubescens Sherff
  • Phyllostegia chartacea H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia decumbens H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia degeneri Sherff
  • Phyllostegia elliptica H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia grandiflora var. hirsutula Hillebr.
  • Phyllostegia heterodoxa (Sherff) H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia hiati H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia insignis H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia konaensis H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia lebishopii H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia leukantha H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia longimontis H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia longitubata H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia odorata H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia orientalis H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia pilosicincta H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia pluriflora H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia repanda H.St.John
  • Phyllostegia suaveolens H.St.John
  • Stenogyne adpressa H.St.John

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.