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Lamiaceae > Pycnanthemum (Mountain Mint)

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) with Southern Cloudywing

This is a great nectar source, attracting many species of butterflies in the summertime.

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
same as above
Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) Narrowleaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
same as above

Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides) Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006

Growing in and around wooded areas, Southern Mountain Mint is common to uncommon throughout North Carolina.

Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides) Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006

Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides) Southern Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides)
Durham Co., NC
5 Aug 2006


Clustered Mountain Mint, Big Leaf Mountain Mint, Short-toothed Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) Clustered Mountain Mint, Big Leaf Mountain Mint, Short-toothed Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Clustered Mountain Mint, Big Leaf Mountain Mint, Short-toothed Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) Clustered Mountain Mint, Big Leaf Mountain Mint, Short-toothed Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006


Savanna Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum) Savanna Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum)
Powerline pine savanna in Craven Co., NC
21 Oct 2007

Rare in the NC mountains in bogs but common in savannas in the NC coastal plain, Savanna Mountain Mint is absent in the NC piedmont.

Savanna Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum) Savanna Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum)
Powerline pine savanna in Craven Co., NC
21 Oct 2007


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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