NameThatPlant.net: Pycnanthemum setosum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum setosum FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum setosum FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-004:

Pycnanthemum setosum FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)

Pycnanthemum aristatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Koellia aristata

COMMON NAME:
Awned Mountain-mint

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image of Pycnanthemum setosum, Awned Mountain-mint

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_koar_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pycnanthemum setosum FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum setosum FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-004:
Pycnanthemum setosum FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae) (Grant & Epling, 1943)
Pycnanthemum aristatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia aristata

3127

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry pinelands, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
White/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p062

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