Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Read more about Woodland Mountain-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-008?:
Pycnanthemum incanum FAMILY Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
INCLUDING A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum tullia
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia pycnanthemoides
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Mountain-mint, Southern Mountain-mint
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JK Marlow jkm220626_8669
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Upper leaves are stikingly whitened with dense, appressed hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
JK Marlow jkm220626_8670
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Stems & lower leaf surfaces canescent, short hairs often intermixed with longer, spreading ones, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
JK Marlow jkm220626_8673
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves of lower & middle stems with lower surface canescent, distinctly paler than upper surface, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
JK Marlow jkm190704_9803
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves ovate, 13-50mm wide, < 3× as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm220722_9280
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
The 5 petals white to pale lavender, the 3 lower petals forming a lip and spotted with purple, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
JK Marlow jkm210818_2878
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Calyx lobes narrowly triangular and usually tipped with a tuft of long, jointed bristles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-008?:
Pycnanthemum incanum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides
INCLUDING
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum tullia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia pycnanthemoides
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