Lamiaceae FAMILY

Pycnanthemum incanum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pycnanthemum incanum is an erect, many-branched herbaceous perennial plant with a spreading, rhizomatous rootstock; it usually grows around 60 - 90cm tall[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant can spread freely by means of long rhizomes. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued especially for the ability of its flowers to attract butterflies, bees, moths, wasps etc[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Illinois to Vermont and Massachusetts, south to Alabama and Florida

HabitatDry open woods, thickets and fields[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ].