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Southern Mountainmint

Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 9, February 11, March 10, April 16, May 16, June 10, July 8, August 7, September 9, October 9, November 7, December 8.
United States449
North Carolina120
Tennessee61
Kentucky47
Georgia46
Virginia41
South Carolina34
West Virginia24
Indiana20
Alabama19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
Genusmountain mints · Pycnanthemum

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