Clustered Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
Also known as: showy mountain mint · Clustered Mountain Mint · blunt mountain mint · blunt mountain-mint · blunt mountainmint · short-toothed mountain mint
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Temperate woodland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Uncommon
About
This perennial herb grows in the damp woodlands and meadows of the eastern US. Its silvery bracts secrete a potent essential oil that repels hungry leaf-eating beetles.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Pycnanthemum
- Species
- Pycnanthemum muticum