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Comb Hyptis

Mesosphaerum pectinatum

Also called Comb Bushmint, Comb Hyptis

Comb Hyptis
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Mexico to Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Mesosphaerum pectinatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae commonly called comb bushmint. It is native to the tropical Americas, as well as being naturalized in parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Where it grows

Mesosphaerum pectinatum′s native range extends from Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies in the north through Central America to Bolivia and Brazil in the south.

Other Mesosphaerum plants

Mesosphaerum suaveolens · Mesosphaerum argutifolium · Mesosphaerum diversifolium · Mesosphaerum pseudoglaucum · Mesosphaerum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mesosphaerum pectinatum 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.

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