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Dicerandra fumella
Smoky Balm is a small aromatic perennial in the mint family, native to sandy habitats in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama, and it is a rare, localised species. It needs sandy, well-drained soil and full sun, and it is seldom grown outside its native range.
Dicerandra fumella, commonly known as smoky balm or Alabama balm, is an aromatic herbaceous perennial plant species in the mint family (Lamiaceae).
Dicentra fumella is endemic to a limited number of sandy habitats in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama. A hybrid zone between Dicerandra fumella and Dicerandra linearifolia var. robustior is located in the Marianna Lowland, west of the Apalachicola River in Florida.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
