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Pycnanthemum virginianum
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Pycnanthemum virginianum, the Virginia or common mountain-mint, is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white with purplish spotting, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed. It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pycnanthemum virginianum
- Slug
- pycnanthemum-virginianum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Pycnanthemum
- Species
- virginianum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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