| little-leaved mountain mint | |
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| Flowers and foliage | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Pycnanthemum |
| Species: | P. tenuifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrad. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pycnanthemum flexuosum auct. non Walter: misidentified) |
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Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (little-leaved or slender-leaved mountain mint) is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
Many authors believed that the name Pycnanthemum flexuosum refers to this plant, but this does not appear to be correct.
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.