Macbridea alba

Macbridea alba is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names white birds-in-a-nest and white macbridea. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is found in four counties in the Florida Panhandle. It is threatened by the loss and degradation of its habitat, and it is federally listed as a threatened species of the United States. This plant grows in the counties of Gulf, Liberty, Franklin and Bay in Florida. There are just under 10,000 individuals in total divided amongst several scattered populations. About 40% of the occurrences are within the Apalachicola National Forest. Several known occurrences have been extirpated. This is a perennial herb producing usually one stem measuring 30 to 40 centimeters tall. It is often coated in glandular hairs and it may have branches. The paired leaves are lance-shaped to spatula-shaped. They are glandular and may be sticky in texture. The inflorescence is a thyrse, which is a raceme that is divide......read more on Wikipedia.