Mosla dianthera

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Family:	LAMIACEAE
Species:	Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
Common Name:	Miniature Beefsteak Plant
Habitat:	**
Associated Ecological Communities:	**
Growth Habit:	Herb
Duration:	Annual
Category:	Vascular
USDA Symbol:	**
Plant Notes:	Miniature Beefsteak Plant is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to temperate and tropical Asia, and was first reported from North America based on a collection from McCreary County, Kentucky in 1939. In Alabama in occurs in the northern half of the state. Miniature Beefsteak Plant grows in moist to wet disturbed sites such as in roadsides ditches, in low pastures, along trails, on road margins, and on the banks of streams. It is an annual from a tap root. The stems are 1-3 feet in height, usually much branched, square in cross section, green or purplish in color, and nearly glabrous. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, ovate- to rhombic-lanceolate in outline, short pubescent to nearly glabrous above, glabrous below with sparse impressed glands, and with irregularly serrate to nearly entire margins. All parts of the plant emit a musty odor when damaged. Flowers are produced in two-flowered verticillasters in terminal racemes. Individual flowers are produced on 1-4 mm finely puberulent pedicels. The calyx is 10-veined and 2-lipped. The upper lip is 3-toothed with the middle tooth shorter than the lateral, and the lower lip is 2-toothed. The corolla is slightly 2-lipped, pale purplish in color, and puberulent. The upper lip is emarginate, and the lower lip is 3-lobed with the lateral lobes smaller than middle lobe. The fruit is a gray-brown nutlet. Miniature Beefsteak Plant is listed as an invasive species in Georgia and Kentucky.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:	**
Status:	Not Native
References:	**
Specimen:	View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Family	LAMIACEAE - Mint family
Genus	Mosla
Species	Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim. - Miniature Beefsteak Plant

Citation

Citation	Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz, Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg, sér. 3 20(3): 457. 1875.
Basionym:	Lycopus diantherus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. 1820.
Type:	**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Orthodon dianthera

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, DeKalb, Greene, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Randolph, St. Clair, Winston

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2020 - 2020

Barcode / Accession No.	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UWAL0012541	Jackson	30 Aug 2010	Barger, T. Wayne HC-127	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
UWAL0050253	Madison	11 Sep 2020	Finzel, Brian s.n.	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
UWAL0047381	Greene	09 Sep 2018	Keener, Brian R. 10864	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
AUA000043962	Madison	8 Oct 2020	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 7903	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
TROY000030193	Jackson	26 Aug 2009	Barger, T. Wayne 322	TROY Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
UWAL0006564	Jackson	19 Sep 2004	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12184	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
UWAL0052082	DeKalb	19 Sep 2020	Keener, Brian R. 11934	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
UWAL0056521	Winston	26 Sep 2020	England, Kevin J. 11218	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
AMAL00026326	Cleburne	28 Sep 2018	Spaulding, Daniel D. 15795	AMAL Mosla dianthera (Buch-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim
ALNHS00001235	Jackson	30 Aug 2010	Barger, T. Wayne HC-127	ALNHS Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham.) Maxim.
UWAL0051724	Cleburne	28 Sep 2018	Spaulding, Daniel D. 15795	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
UWAL0056531	Winston	26 Sep 2020	England, Kevin J. 11228	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
AUA_ACC_53582	Jackson	20 Sep 1991	GUNN, SCOTT C. 2104	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
ALNHS00002984	Colbert	23 Sep 2014	Barger, T. Wayne FH-565	ALNHS Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham.) Maxim.
AUA000036895	Morgan	20 Sep 2015	ENGLAND, J. KEVIN 5760	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
AUA000044027	Madison	8 Oct 2020	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 7864	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
AUA000040236	Colbert	23 Sep 2014	BARGER, T.WAYNE FH-565	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
ALNHS00000351	Cherokee	25 Sep 2007	Barger, T. Wayne IM-317	ALNHS Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham.) Maxim.
UWAL0019939	Morgan	20 Sep 2015	England, J. Kevin 5760	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
TROY000050564	Greene	09 Sep 2018	Keener, Brian R. 10864	TROY Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
UWAL0054243	Randolph	29 Sep 2019	Spaulding, Daniel D. 16067	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Butch-Ham ex Roxb) Maxim
AUA000043922	Madison	13 Sep 2019	HANSEN, CURTIS J. 7726	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
UNA00065454	Jackson	19 Sep 2004	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12184	UNA Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
ALNHS00010233	Jackson	09 May 2023	Billings, Garrett G. 2383	ALNHS Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham.) Maxim.
TROY000044045	Colbert	13 Sep 2014	England, J. Kevin 5219	TROY Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
TROY000020932	Jackson	19 Sep 2004	Spaulding, Daniel D. 12100	TROY Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
AUA000042889	St. Clair	1 Sep 2015	BARGER, T.WAYNE SP1983	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
UWAL0018269	Colbert	13 Sep 2014	England, J. Kevin 5219	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Roxburgh) Maximowicz
ALNHS00010538	Jackson	23 Sep 2022	Billings, Garrett G. 2346	ALNHS Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
AUA_ACC_71132	Jackson	30 Aug 2010	BARGER, T.WAYNE HC127	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
AUA_ACC_66903	Jackson	19 Sep 2004	SPAULDING, DANIEL D. 121??	AUA MOSLA DIANTHERA (BUCH) MAXIM.
UWAL0052423	St. Clair	22 Sep 2017	Keener, Brian R. 10456	UWAL Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
ALNHS00010207	Jackson	02 Oct 2024	Barger, T. Wayne SP#6529	ALNHS Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Rosb.) Maxim.

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Data last modified: 8/17/2025

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Citation Information:

Keener, B.R., A.R. Diamond, T.W. Barger, L.J. Davenport, P.G. Davison, S.L. Ginzbarg, C.J. Hansen, D.D. Spaulding, J.K. Triplett, and M. Woods. 2025. Alabama Plant Atlas. [S.M. Landry and K.N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

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