Lamiaceae
American false pennyroyal
Hedeoma pulegioides
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Hedeoma
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- هديومة بلجيانية, نعنع الماء الأمريكي
- English
- American false pennyroyal
- German
- Amerikanische Polei-Minze
- Swedish
- Amerikansk poleja
Synonyms
- Cunila pulegioides (L.) L.
- Melissa pulegioides L.
- Ziziphora pulegioides (L.) Desf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Agyle, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Hedeoma
- Drummond's false pennyroyalHedeoma drummondiiLamiaceae
- Dwarf false pennyroyalHedeoma nanaLamiaceae
- Aromatic false pennyroyalHedeoma hyssopifoliaLamiaceae
- Slender false pennyroyalHedeoma acinoidesLamiaceae
- Spreading false pennyroyalHedeoma diffusaLamiaceae
- White Mountain false pennyroyalHedeoma pulcherrimaLamiaceae
- Todsen's false pennyroyalHedeoma todseniiLamiaceae
- Ribbed false pennyroyalHedeoma costataLamiaceae
- Rough false pennyroyalHedeoma hispidaLamiaceae
- Oblongleaf false pennyroyalHedeoma oblongifoliaLamiaceae
- Reverchon's false pennyroyalHedeoma reverchoniiLamiaceae
- McKittrick's false pennyroyalHedeoma apiculataLamiaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.