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Pycnanthemum
Pycnanthemum is a genus of herbaceous plants in the mint family (Lamiaceae). Species in this genus are often referred to as "mountain mints" and they often have a minty or thyme-like aroma when crushed. All species of Pycnanthemum are native to the United States and Canada. The center of diversity for the genus is North Carolina with 13 of the 20 species having been collected therein. Nineteen of the 20 species of Pycnanthemum occur in the
6 branches of this group, most-observed first
Hoary Mountainmint
speciesPycnanthemum incanum
Whiteleaf Mountain Mint
speciesPycnanthemum albescens
Loomis' Mountainmint
speciesPycnanthemum loomisii
Southern Mountainmint
speciesPycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
Stone Mountainmint
speciesPycnanthemum curvipes
basil mountainmint
speciesPycnanthemum clinopodioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1561589.