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)[1]

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

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.

External links

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