Biology:Pycnanthemum virginianum
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Virginia mountain-mint | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Pycnanthemum |
| Species: | P. virginianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. ex B.L.Rob. & Fernald
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Pycnanthemum virginianum, the Virginia or common mountain-mint,[2] 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 .[3][4]
The flowers are visited by many insects, including honeybees, cuckoo bees, sweat bees, thread-waisted wasps, potter wasps, tachinid flies, wedge-shaped beetles, and pearl crescent butterflies.[5]
References
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Pycnanthemum virginianum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
- ↑ "Pycnanthemum virginianum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PYVI.
- ↑ Pycnanthemum virginianum, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin, http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PYVI
- ↑ "Pycnanthemum virginianum", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Pycnanthemum%20virginianum.png
- ↑ Hilty, John (2016). "Common Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)". http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/cmt_mintx.htm.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7262902 entry
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