Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum montanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum montanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-007:
Pycnanthemum montanum FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum montanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia montana
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Mountain-mint, Thinleaf Mountain-mint
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4467
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
Leaves lanceolate, 0.5-1.25" wide, tapered to stalks ~ .25" long, with sharply toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm230720_4571
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Flowers in headlike clusters, terminating stem and in the upper two pairs of leaf axils, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
JK Marlow jkm0508d_11
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Bracts of the inflorescence glabrous (or very sparsely pubescent) on the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum montanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum montanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-007:
Pycnanthemum montanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum montanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia montana
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