Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Mountain-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The genus name is based on Greek words for “dense” and “flower.” The specific epithet is from the Latin for “slender leaved.” Read more at "Know Your Natives" from the Arkansas Native Plant Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-001:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Mountain-mint, Slender Mountain-mint, Savanna Mountain-mint
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_02
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Leaves linear, 1-2" long, about 1/8" wide, nearly sessile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm0506m_04
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Terminal flat-topped clusters of very small heads of tightly packed flower, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-001:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia flexuosa
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