Pycnanthemum curvipes

Pycnanthemum curvipes
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Pycnanthemum
Species:	P. curvipes
Binomial name
	Pycnanthemum curvipes; (Greene) E.Grant & Epling

Pycnanthemum curvipes is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name stone mountainmint.^[1] It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Its preferred habitat is dry, rocky woodlands and outcrops.^[2]

This species is rare throughout its range, and is only found in small numbers in widely dispersed populations. It produces corymbs of purple-spotted flowers in the summer.

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pycnanthemum curvipes". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
^ http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States by Alan Weakley

[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pycnanthemum curvipes". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

[2] ttp://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States by Alan Weakley

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