Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Pycnanthemum verticillatum (Michx.) Pers.

Summary

Genus:

Pycnanthemum

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Mentheae

Subtribe:

Menthinae

Nomen number:

315527

Place of publication:

Syn. pl. 2(1):128. 1806

Verified:

02/27/1990 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Brachystemum verticillatum Michx.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. Herbaceous plants of Maryland. 1984
Chambers, H. L. 1961. Chromosome numbers and breeding systems in Pycnanthemum (Labiatae). Brittonia 13:124.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
Grant, E. & C. Epling. 1943. A study of Pycnanthemum (Labiatae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20:219.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. 1978

Common names

English
whorled mountain-mint –
Swedish
kranspräriemynta –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Quebec
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario, Quebec]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia]

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315527. Accessed 14 December 2025.