Lamiaceae
Virginia mountainmint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Pycnanthemum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Virginia mountainmint, Virginia mountain mint, Virginia mountain-mint
Synonyms
- Brachystemum lanceolatum Willd.
- Brachystemum virginicum (L.) Michx.
- Koellia lanceolata (Willd.) Kuntze
- Koellia virginiana (L.) Kuntze
- Koellia virginica (L.) Baill.
- Nepeta virginica Willd.
- Pycnanthemum lanceolatum (Willd.) Pursh
- Pycnanthemum lanceolatum var. angustifolium Benth.
- Pycnanthemum lanceolatum var. latifolium Benth.
- Pycnanthemum virginianum f. citriodora P.D.Sørensen & Matek.
- Satureja virginiana L.
- Satureja virginica L.
- Thymus lanceolatus (Willd.) Poir.
- Thymus verticillatus Poir.
- Thymus virginicus (L.) Willd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.