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Pycnanthemum

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Noun1.Pycnanthemum - American mountain mintPycnanthemum - American mountain mint              
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
mountain mint - any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California


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Herbaceous plants occurring in both sedge meadows include Agalinis purpurea, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Filipendula rubra, Galium triflorum, Lobelia kalmii, Lysimachia quadriflora, Monarda fistulosa, Oxypolis rigidior, Pedicularis lanceolata, Pilea fontana, Pycnanthemum virginianum, Rudbeckia hirta var.
Andropogon virginucus, Potentilla simplex, and Pycnanthemum verticulatum were the dominant herbaceous species.
Also notable are Arisaema dracontium (green dragon), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (slender mountain mint), Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil), and early specimens of Impatiens capensis (spotted jewelweed).
 
 
 
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