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Pycnanthemum floridanum

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionDec 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ15356300 ↗
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Pycnanthemum floridanum, the Florida mountainmint, is a perennial herb in the mint family that is endemic to Florida and Georgia.

Taxonomy

Pycnanthemum floridanum was scientifically described and named by Elizabeth Fern Grant and Carl Clawson Epling in 1943 in the book A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae). It is classified in the genus Pycnanthemum with the family Lamiaceae. It has no synonyms.

Distribution and habitat

Pycnanthemum floridanum is found in southeastern Georgia to northern peninsular Florida and eastern panhandle Florida. It is found in longleaf pine sandhills.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pycnanthemum floridanum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.