Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

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little-leaved mountain mint
Flowers and foliage
Flowers and foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Pycnanthemum
Species: P. tenuifolium
Binomial name
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (little-leaved mountain mint) is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.

[edit] Description

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed.