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Taxon: Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton
Family: Lamiaceae

Collector: Schmidt, T.   42   

Date: 1982-10-12

Verbatim Date: 1982-10-12

Locality: United States, Wisconsin, Dane, Behind church on corner of N. Blair (100 blk.) and E. Mifflin (500 blk.), Madison

Verbatim Coordinates: T07N R09E sec23

Habitat: Behind church.

Associated Species: Acer platanoides, Celtis occidentalis, Ulmus americana

Occurrence Remarks: [Cultivated?] [Acceptable record for mapping as a rare garden escape. This small church is on an extremely small lot within an extremely small mowed back yard that shows no signs of once having been a garden or had a flower border. Right up against the building there is a 1-ft. wide strip of bare dirt with some weeds; Ageratina altissima, Commelina communis, Polygonum convolvulus, Solanum dulcamara and tree seedlings (Acer negundo, Acer platanoides, Celtis occidentalis, Ulmus americana) - T.S. Cochrane who visited the site the last week of September 2006. The script ("cultivated?") is that of Shai Reisfield and was added later, ca. 1986.); Rare, small purple flowers.

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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)

Record Id: 2a978681-3753-42e5-b77d-e5d9d10d4318

Occurrence ID (GUID): 903c87a4-2d17-4518-a04b-f6294bb4ae3f

For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)