Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Mountain-mint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-001:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Mountain-mint, Slender Mountain-mint, Savanna Mountain-mint
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_kofl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_02
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Leaves linear, 1-2" long, about 1/8" wide, nearly sessile, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_04
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Terminal flat-topped clusters of very small heads of tightly packed flower, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm0506m_07
June Union County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_tenuifolium_3
June
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_062421hayesville32
June Clay County NC
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John B. Nelson jbn_3735162320_28992f1fa4
July Carroll County VA
Pollinator at work.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-28-001:
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Koellia flexuosa
1175
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in bogs, wet meadows, moist to wet forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
White/Pinkish
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-toothed calyx
2-lipped 4-lobed corolla
4 stamens, usually exserted
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p234
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p163
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p163
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p078
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p041
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p189
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p225
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p268
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p141
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p125