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Pogogyne douglasii
Also called Douglas' Mesa Mint, Douglas' Beardstyle
Douglas' mesamint is a small aromatic annual herb from vernal pools and grasslands of California, grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts. It needs full sun and wet winters, drying out in summer, so keep it dry once it has finished flowering.
Pogogyne douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Douglas' mesamint and Douglas' beardstyle.
The plant is endemic to central California, where it grows in vernal pools and similar grassland habitats in the coastal and interior California Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, and the Central Valley.
San Diego mesamint · Santa Lucia mint · Profuseflower mesamint · Otay mesamint · Thymeleaf mesamint · Pogogyne tenuiflora · Bristly pogogyne · Mesamint
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pogogyne douglasii 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.
