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Hyptis alata
Also called Cluster Bush Mint, Desert Lavender, Musky Mint
Hyptis alata is a musky-scented shrub in the mint family, native to the southeastern United States, Cuba and South America, that grows up to about 1.2 m (4 ft) tall. It does best in full sun with moist to wet soil, as it naturally grows in wetlands and pond margins.
Hyptis alata, the musky mint or clustered bushmint, is a shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae, the mint family. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints. Hyptis alata is the southeastern United States analog to the Southwestern deserts H. emoryi, the desert lavender.USDA: NRCS: Plants Profile Hyptis alata
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This species' native range extends throughout the southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina, as well as in Cuba, Argentina, southern Brazil, and Paraguay.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hyptis alata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
