Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. ex B.L.Rob. & Fernald [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
virginia mountainmint	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Brachystemum lanceolatum Willd. Enum. Pl.: 623 (1809).
Brachystemum virginicum (L.) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 6 (1803).
Koellia lanceolata (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 520 (1891).
Koellia virginiana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 520 (1891).
Koellia virginica (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 10: 31 (1892).
Nepeta virginica Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 56 (1800), nom. illeg.
Pycnanthemum lanceolatum (Willd.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 410 (1813).
Pycnanthemum lanceolatum var. angustifolium Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 330 (1834).
Pycnanthemum lanceolatum var. latifolium Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 330 (1834).
Pycnanthemum virginianum f. citriodora P.D.Sørensen & Matek. Rhodora 83: 145 (1981).
Satureja virginiana L. Sp. Pl.: 567 (1753).
Satureja virginica L. Mant. Pl. 2: 40 (1771), nom. superfl.
Thymus lanceolatus (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 305 (1817), nom. illeg.
Thymus verticillatus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 653 (1806).
Thymus virginicus (L.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 145 (1800).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B. D. Jackson ex B. L. Robins. & Fern.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. ex B.L.Rob. & Fernald	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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