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Blephilia ciliata
Also called Downy Wood Mint, Ohio Horsemint, Downy Blephilia
Blephilia ciliata is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the Lamiaceae (mint) family native to central and eastern North America. It is commonly called downy wood mint. Other common names include downy pagoda-plant, sunny woodmint and Ohio horsemint.
B. ciliata is native in the United States from Oklahoma to the west, Mississippi to the south, Massachusetts to the east, and the Canadian border to the north. In Canada, it is native in Ontario. Its habitats include dry open woods and thickets, clearings, fields, and roadsides.
It has traditionally been used by the Cherokee to make a poultice to treat headaches.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Blephilia ciliata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
