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Florida mountainmint

Pycnanthemum floridanum

Also called Florida Mountain Mint

Florida mountainmint
Photo: Dsandii, CC BY-SA 4.0

Florida mountainmint is a native perennial herb of the mint family, found in longleaf pine sandhills of Florida and Georgia. It suits a dry, sunny, well-drained spot and is grown mainly by native plant gardeners.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during establishment, then rely mostly on rainfall; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy or well-drained soil, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate conditions; suited to USDA zones 7 to 10.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & NC. Florida
Climate
temperate

About

Pycnanthemum floridanum, the Florida mountainmint, is a perennial herb in the mint family that is endemic to Florida and Georgia.

Where it grows

Pycnanthemum floridanum is found in southeastern Georgia to northern peninsular Florida and eastern panhandle Florida. It is found in longleaf pine sandhills.

Other Pycnanthemum plants

Sierra mint · Stone mountainmint · Appalachian mountainmint · Hoary mountainmint · Onehair mountainmint · Thinleaf mountainmint · Clustered mountainmint · Coastal plain mountainmint · Hairy Mountain Mint · Narrowleaf mountainmint · Torrey's Mountain Mint · Virginia mountainmint

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pycnanthemum floridanum 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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