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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-008?:
Pycnanthemum incanum FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
INCLUDING A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum tullia
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia pycnanthemoides
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Mountain-mint, Southern Mountain-mint
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_kopy2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0448
February Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm180224_0450
February Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm250429_0163
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm180623_2966
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8669
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Upper leaves are stikingly whitened with dense, appressed hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8670
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Stems & lower leaf surfaces canescent, short hairs often intermixed with longer, spreading ones, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8673
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves of lower & middle stems with lower surface canescent, distinctly paler than upper surface, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Gill Newberry gn07_p_pycnanthemoides_pl
July
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9801
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9803
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves ovate, 13-50mm wide, < 3× as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9804
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220722_9280
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The 5 petals white to pale lavender, the 3 lower petals forming a lip and spotted with purple, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2829
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2877
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2878
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Calyx lobes narrowly triangular and usually tipped with a tuft of long, jointed bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2885
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-008?:
Pycnanthemum incanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
INCLUDING
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum tullia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia pycnanthemoides
2110
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
White to lavender
spotted with purple
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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p149?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p181
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p197
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p083
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p240
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p267
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p126
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