Pycnanthemum virginianum

Virginia mountain-mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Pycnanthemum
Species:	P. virginianum
Binomial name
	Pycnanthemum virginianum; (L.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. ex B.L.Rob. & Fernald
Synonyms
	Satureja virginiana L. (basionym);

Pycnanthemum virginianum, the Virginia or common mountain-mint,^[2] is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white with purplish spotting, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed. It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada.^[3]^[4]

The flowers are visited by many insects, including honeybees, cuckoo bees, sweat bees, thread-waisted wasps, potter wasps, tachinid flies, wedge-shaped beetles, and pearl crescent butterflies.^[5]

References

^ "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
^ NRCS. "Pycnanthemum virginianum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2015.
^ "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin.
^ "Pycnanthemum virginianum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^ Hilty, John (2020). "Common Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)". Illinois Wildflowers.

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[1] "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

[2] NRCS. "Pycnanthemum virginianum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2015.

[3] "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin.

[4] "Pycnanthemum virginianum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[5] Hilty, John (2020). "Common Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)". Illinois Wildflowers.

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