Mountain mint plant skin#
Mountain mint plant full#

Leaves: Leaf Color: Green Leaf Value To Gardener: Edible Fragrant Good Dried Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Acicular Lanceolate Linear Leaf Margin: Entire Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: 1-3 inches Leaf Width: Flowers: Flower Color: Pink White Flower Inflorescence: Cyme Flower Value To Gardener: Edible Good Cut Long Bloom Season Showy Flower Bloom Time: Fall Summer Flower Shape: Lipped Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: Fruit: Fruit Color: Black Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Type: Capsule Fruit Length:

Mountain mint plant full#

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Shallow Rocky Soil pH: Acid (Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Edible Herb Herbaceous Perennial Native Plant Perennial Wildflower Habit/Form: Clumping Erect Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: Low Texture: Fine.Play Value: Attractive Flowers Attracts Pollinators Wildlife Food Source Edibility: The dried leaves and flowers are used for making teas and flavorings. This plant attracts bees, butterflies and other pollinators including native sweat bees.

MS, NC, NE NH, NJ, NY OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV Wildlife Value: This plant supports Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata) larvae. Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Leaf Cutting Root Cutting Seed Stem Cutting Country Or Region Of Origin: Eastern Canada to Central & Eastern U.S.A Distribution: AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA MA, MD ME MI, MN, MO.

Mountain mint plant skin#

Attributes: Genus: Pycnanthemum Species: tenuifolium Family: Lamiaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Rubbing the leaves skin has been used as a mosquito repellent.

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The flowers are clusters of many small, two-lipped corollas ranging from whitish to lavender with purple spots. Found growing in dry meadows, fields, thickets, open woods, upland prairies, and along roadsides. The clumping form is stiff, erect, and compact typically growing to a height of 2 feet, it can grow larger, up to 4 feet. Mountain mint is a native perennial wildflower in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. Phonetic Spelling pik-NAN-thee-mum ten-yoo-ih-FOH-lee-um Description