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San Diego mesamint

Pogogyne abramsii

Also called San Diego Mesa Mint, San Diego Pogogyne

San Diego mesamint
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California (San Diego Co.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Pogogyne abramsii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Diego mesa mint.

Where it grows

It is endemic to San Diego County, California, where it is known only from a few sites at vernal pools in and around San Diego and its suburbs. Much of its range is located on the grounds of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The plant has been federally listed as an endangered species since 1978.

Other Pogogyne plants

Santa Lucia mint · Douglas' mesamint · Profuseflower mesamint · Otay mesamint · Thymeleaf mesamint · Pogogyne tenuiflora · Bristly pogogyne · Mesamint

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pogogyne abramsii 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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