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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savanna Mountain-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-003:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hugeri
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hyssopifolia
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Mountain-mint, Savanna Mint
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_kohy2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120815_739
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The relatively large headlike flower clusters (cymules) may be over 1" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_744
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves elliptic to lance-shaped, up to about 2" long and 3/4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_748
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Tiny, tubular, 2-lipped flowers protrude from a whitish 5-parted calyx, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm120815_755
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Erect perennial herb 16-44" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-003:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hyssopifolia
2310
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, mountain bogs, seepage areas on low elevation granite domes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p062
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p267
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p380
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p197
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p240
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p052
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