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Pycnanthemum montanum
Also called Appalachian Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum montanum, commonly known as Appalachian mountain-mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is an aromatic perennial herb native to the United States, where it is found in the Southern Appalachian region.
Pycnanthemum montanum is endemic to the Southern Appalachian region of the United States. Within that area it has been documented from western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee southward into northwestern South Carolina and northern Georgia, where it occupies habitats such as bald summits, soil islands on granitic domes, calcareous woodlands, forests, and forest edges.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pycnanthemum montanum 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.
