Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savanna Mountain-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-003:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hugeri
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hyssopifolia
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Mountain-mint, Savanna Mint
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JK Marlow jkm120815_739
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
The relatively large headlike flower clusters (cymules) may be over 1" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
JK Marlow jkm120815_744
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves elliptic to lance-shaped, up to about 2" long and 3/4" wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
JK Marlow jkm120815_748
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Tiny, tubular, 2-lipped flowers protrude from a whitish 5-parted calyx, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
JK Marlow jkm120815_755
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Erect perennial herb 16-44" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-003:
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum hyssopifolium
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia hyssopifolia
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