Pycnanthemum virginianum(L.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. ex B.L.Rob. & Fernald

Virginia mountain mint

WFO wfo-0000289039 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g

Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Eric Schmidt
fig. a Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-19 / obs. 173258246
Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Marilynn Miller
fig. b Marilynn Miller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145510445
Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Eric Schmidt
fig. c Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173259150
Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Carol Ann McCormick
fig. d Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150065707
Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Jason Swanson
fig. e Jason Swanson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 154259057
Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Eric Schmidt
fig. f Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169037910
Pycnanthemum virginianum, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. g Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 151744042

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Flowering n = 768 observations

Peak flowering in Jul, from 768 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Brachystemum lanceolatum Willd.
  • Brachystemum virginicum (L.) Michx.
  • Koellia lanceolata (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Koellia virginiana (L.) Kuntze
  • Koellia virginica (L.) Baill.
  • Nepeta virginica Willd.
  • Pycnanthemum lanceolatum (Willd.) Pursh
  • Pycnanthemum lanceolatum var. angustifolium Benth.
  • Pycnanthemum lanceolatum var. latifolium Benth.
  • Pycnanthemum virginianum f. citriodora P.D.Sørensen & Matek.
  • Satureja virginiana L.
  • Satureja virginica L.
  • Thymus lanceolatus (Willd.) Poir.
  • Thymus verticillatus Poir.
  • Thymus virginicus (L.) Willd.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.