SLENDER MOUNTAIN MINT
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File Size: 84 KB |
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrad.
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Woodson County, Kansas |
Perennial |
Height: 16-40 inches |
Family: Lamiaceae - Mint Family |
Flowering Period: July, August, September |
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Also Called: | | Slender-leaved mountain mint, narrowleaf mountain mint. | Stems: | | Erect, square, glabrous or angles sometimes minutely pubescent; upper portion branched. | Leaves: | | Opposite, sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, .6 to 1.4 inches long, less than .25 inch wide, glabrous; margins entire, minutely fringed; tips narrowly pointed. | Inflorescences: | | Clusters, small, dense, 1/6 to 1/3 inch wide, solitary, terminal, arranged in compact corymbs. | Flowers: | | Sessile, calyces regular, tubular, 5-toothed, 10- to 13-nerved; teeth narrowly triangular, much shorter than tube; corolla whitish or occasionally pale lavender, 1/5 to 1/4 inch long, slightly 2-lipped, whitish-pubescent without, lightly pubescent within, much exceeding calyx; lips nearly equal in length; upper lip erect, entire or notched; lower lip bent downward, 3-lobed, purple spotted, middle lobe longer; stamens 4. | Fruits: | | Nutlets, egg-shaped or oval, 3-sided, dark brown, usually smooth. | Habitat: | | Moist open areas of upland prairies, meadows, pastures, open woods, and roadsides; limestone soils. | Distribution: | | East 1/3 of Kansas. | Uses: | | Some species of Pycnanthemum have been used medicinally to treat colds and fevers. | Comments: | | Often forms dense colonies. |
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