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Awned Mountainmint

Pycnanthemum setosum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 7, February 7, March 8, April 13, May 17, June 9, July 7, August 7, September 8, October 7, November 6, December 6.
United States333
Virginia103
Maryland100
Delaware40
New Jersey34
North Carolina14
South Carolina12
New York8
Georgia7
Alabama6

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Awned Mountainmint with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.