Narrowleaf Mountainmint
Scientific Name:Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Common Name Synonyms: Slender Mountainmint, Common Horsemint


NOTES: Mint family (square stems, opposite leaves, and two-lipped, open-mouthed, tubular flowers). Deer resistant.

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Narrowleaf Mountainmint
Genus species: Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Common Names: Narrowleaf Mountainmint
Slender Mountainmint
Common Horsemint
Family Name: Lamiaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, the stems square, and foliage often aromatic; leaves opposite, simple; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, the corolla frequently 2-lipped; fruit splitting into 4 nutlets.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
CNC Habitat: Nature Playscape
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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