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PLANTS

Obedient plant

Physostegia virginiana

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Obedient plant, photo 1 of 5
Obedient plant, In flower
Obedient plant, photo 3 of 5
0.5–1.5 mHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 0.5–1.5 m. Grows in fields and in marshes.

There are 241 observations of Obedient plant in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Montréal and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 11 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from October to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie61
  2. Montréal61
  3. Capitale-Nationale38
  4. Laval17
  5. Estrie16
  6. Outaouais13
  7. Laurentides12
  8. Lanaudière10
  9. Mauricie5
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches4
  11. Centre-du-Québec4

Habitat

FieldsMario Hains
MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgeGogerr

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