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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum virginianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum virginianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-002:

Pycnanthemum virginianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)

Pycnanthemum virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Koellia virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Mountain-mint


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image of Pycnanthemum virginianum, Virginia Mountain-mint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_kovi3_001_lvd

        

image of Pycnanthemum virginianum, Virginia Mountain-mint

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_virginianum_6

July        

Leaves entire, linear-lanceolate, up to 3/8" wide, rounded at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Pycnanthemum virginianum, Virginia Mountain-mint

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_virginianum_8

August    Floyd County    GA

Coosa Prairies

Frothy mounds of small white flowers in broad, flattened inflorescences, per Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum virginianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum virginianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-002:
Pycnanthemum virginianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum virginianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia virginiana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2471

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet meadows, marshes, prairie sloughs, over calcareous or mafic rocks or sediments, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/ Pinkish/ Purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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