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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Mountain-mint, Slender Mountain-mint, Savanna Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (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): Pycnanthemum tenuifolium 164-28-001 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet meadows, moist to wet forests
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Smooth Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum nudum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum nudum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Wet pine flatwoods
Common in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum virginianum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum virginianum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum virginianum 164-28-002 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Wet meadows, marshes, prairie sloughs, over calcareous or mafic rocks or sediments
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Savanna Mountain-mint, Savanna Mint
Weakley's Flora: (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): Pycnanthemum flexuosum 164-28-003 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Moist to wet pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin margins, mountain bogs, seepage areas on low elevation granite domes
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Awned Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (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): Pycnanthemum setosum 164-28-004 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Dry pinelands, hammocks
Uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Short-toothed Mountain-mint, Downy Mountain-mint, Clustered Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum muticum var. 1 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum muticum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum muticum 164-28-005 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet meadows, moist to wet forests
Common (uncommon in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Whiteleaf Mountain-mint, White Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum albescens FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum albescens FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Bluff forests, hammocks, other open, mesic forests
Rare in GA
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Tennessee Mountain-mint, Stone Mountain Mountain-mint, Stone Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum curvipes FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum curvipes FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Dry rocky woodlands and rock outcrops (granite or mafic)
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Whorled Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum verticillatum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. verticillatum FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum verticillatum 164-28-006 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Upland rocky woodlands
Common in NC Mountains, rare elsewhere in Carolinas
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name: basil mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum clinopodioides FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum clinopodioides FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum verticillatum 164-28-006? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, woodland borders
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Torrey's Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum torreyi FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum torrei FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum verticillatum 164-28-006? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Dry rocky woodlands, over mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks, dry powerline rights-of-way
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Mountain-mint, Thinleaf Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (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): Pycnanthemum montanum 164-28-007 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Balds, soil islands on granitic domes, calcareous woodlands, woodlands, forests, and forest edges
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hoary Mountain-mint, White Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum incanum + FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum incanum + FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum incanum 164-28-008 FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Look for it in forests and woodland borders
Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on variety & region
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Beadle's Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum beadlei FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum beadlei FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum incanum 164-28-008? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodland borders
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Loomis's Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum loomisii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum loomisii FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum incanum 164-28-008? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodland borders
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woodland Mountain-mint, Southern Mountain-mint
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides FAMILY: Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides var. pycnanthemoides FAMILY: Lamiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pycnanthemum incanum 164-28-008? FAMILY: Lamiaceae
Habitat: Forests and woodland borders
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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