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Plant Details

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Scientific Name:	Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Genus:	Pycnanthemum
Species Epithet:	tenuifolium
Common Name:	Slender Mountain-mint,Narrowleaf Mountain-mint
Plant Type	Herb/Wildflower
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	1-3 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	White, Pink
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Moist, Wet
Bloom Time:	June, July, August
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Bogs, wet meadows, moist to wet forests. Common in the mountains, common to very common in the Piedmont, and fairly common to locally common in much of the northern and central Coastal Plain. Scarce to absent in the far northeastern and parts of the southern Coastal Plain. This is the most abundant Pycnanthemum species in NC.
Leaf Arrangement:	Opposite
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Important for Wildlife
Landscape Value:	Suitable for home landscapes
State Rank:	S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
One of the easiest of the numerous mountain-mint species in NC to identify, owing to its very slender leaves and glabrous stems Jackson County, NC Larry Mellichamp
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record

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