Pycnanthemum monotrichum Fern.
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- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Pycnanthemum monotrichum Fern.
- Common Name
- One-hair Mountain-mint
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Not in Flora of Virginia (see Pycnanthemum setosum Nutt.)
- Comments
- A taxon allegedly endemic to Virginia, described by Fernald from Sussex County and the City of Suffolk in Rhodora 47:176 (1945). The name has never been applied elsewhere, and it is widely viewed as representing a probable hybrid of uncertain parentage. Although specimens were initially distributed to herbaria under the name P. clinopodioides Torr. & Gray, Fernald later argued for their alignment with P. setosum Nutt. However, Wieboldt et al. (in Castanea 63: 89, 1998) point out that P. monotrichum differs from P. setosum in several characters suggestive of the P. incanum (L.) Michx. complex. Further study in the field and herbarium is needed.
- Habitat
- Dry, sandy forests and clearings. Very rare; known from two sites in the se. Virginia Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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