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Lamiaceae

Frosted mint

Poliomintha incana (Torr.) A.Gray

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Poliomintha

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Frosted mint: Poliomintha incana at Devils Garden Primitive Loop in Arches National Park, Utah
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Frosted mint
Hebrew
מרווה חלבית

Synonyms

  • Hedeoma incana Torr.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.