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Pycnanthemum curvipes
Also called Stone Mountain Mountainmint, Tennessee Mountainmint
Stone mountainmint is a rare perennial herb in the mint family, native to dry, rocky woodlands and outcrops in the southeastern US. It is best grown in sun to part shade with excellent drainage, as it resists wet soil.
Pycnanthemum curvipes is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name stone mountainmint. It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is found in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Its preferred habitat is dry, rocky woodlands and outcrops.
This species is rare throughout its range, and is only found in small numbers in widely dispersed populations. It produces corymbs of purple-spotted flowers in the summer.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pycnanthemum curvipes 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.
