Virginia Mountain-mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum (Linnaeus) Durand & Jackson
Virginia Mountain-mint: https://mail.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/3746
Synonyms
Koellia virginiana 
Tags
S2 (State rare)

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17 Records

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Status

Can be locally common in open shrub-scrub meadows and along roadsides, where it grows in dry to mesic sandy loam (Steury, 2002).

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Virginia mountain-mint
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Pycnanthemum
Species:
P. virginianum
Binomial name
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Synonyms

Pycnanthemum virginianum, the Virginia or common mountain-mint,[2] is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white with purplish spotting, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed. It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada.[3][4]

The flowers are visited by many insects, including honeybees, cuckoo bees, sweat bees, thread-waisted wasps, potter wasps, tachinid flies, wedge-shaped beetles, and pearl crescent butterflies.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Pycnanthemum virginianum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin.
  4. ^ Kartesz, John T. (2014). "Pycnanthemum virginianum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP).
  5. ^ Hilty, John (2020). "Common Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)". Illinois Wildflowers.
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