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Profuseflower mesamint

Pogogyne floribunda

Also called Profuse Flowered Pogogyne

Profuseflower mesamint
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0

Profuseflower mesamint is a small aromatic annual mint from the seasonal wetlands of the Modoc Plateau in northeastern California. It grows in vernal pools and ephemeral creeks that dry out in summer, so it needs moist spring conditions and little summer water.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil moist during the spring growing season; let it dry out in summer as it would in its native vernal pools.
Soil
Moist, clay-rich or seasonally wet soil that drains after the rainy season.
Temperature
Cool spring conditions suit it best; it is a temperate native that tolerates cold frosts.
How easy
Hard
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Pogogyne floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names profuseflower mesamint and profuse-flowered pogogyne. It is native to the Modoc Plateau and surrounding basin habitat in the northeastern corner of California. It is known from six occurrences in adjacent Oregon and one in Idaho. It can be found in vernal pools, ephemeral creeks, and other summer-dry water bodies on the plateau. This is an aromatic annual herb producing a mostly erect, branching stem which is lined nearly from base to top with inflorescence. The lipped, tubular flowers are about half a centimeter long and white in color. Most have purple spots or red speckles, while a few are pure white or solid pale purple. Each is surrounded by a calyx of pointed sepals which are coated in long white hairs.

Other Pogogyne plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pogogyne floribunda 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.

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