OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 16 taxa.

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camera icon speaker icon 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

 


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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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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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

 


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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

 


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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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon 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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