Pycnanthemum virginianum

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Taxobox
name = Virginia mountain mint


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Flowers and foliage
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Pycnanthemum"
species = "P. virginianum"
binomial = "Pycnanthemum virginianum"

"Pycnanthemum virginianum" (Virginia 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.


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