Hairy Woodmint

Blephilia hirsuta

Found in rich, rocky or alluvial forests, montane forests up to at least 5000 feet elevation. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height: 1–2.5 feet
Spread: 9 inches–1.5 feet
Light: Part to full shade
Soil moisture: Average to moist

Space about 1 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 100 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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Blephilia hirsuta — whole photograph — (c) Nathan Aaron, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial
Bloom: May to October
Fruiting season: August to November

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Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 8 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Named place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

11BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Blephilia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Flies 10

Anthrax sinuosa
Archytas analis
Physocephala texana
Physocephala tibialis
Scepsis fulvicollis
Stomoxys calcitrans
Stylogaster neglecta
Tropidia albistylum
Xylota fraudulosa
Zodion obliquefasciatum

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 5

Anosia plexippus
Argynnis cybele
Pontia protodice
Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa cardui

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 5

Ceropales fulvipes
Polistes pallipes
Sphex nigricans
Sphex procera
Sphex vulgaris

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Lamiaceae
Hardiness: Zones 4–8
Flower color: White
Fruit begins: August
Fruit ends: November

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Bloom · “May to October” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) (ranked first; Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differs) · Carolinas and Georgia
Flower color · “White” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide · Nursery cultural guide; height in flower; moisture categories retained as printed
Fruit begins · “August” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Fruit ends · “November” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team), phone app (app page) · Carolinas and Georgia
Hardiness · “Zones 4–8” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Height · “1–2.5 feet” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Minnesota Wildflowers, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
Light · “Part to full shade” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
primary_flower_color · “white” · Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide
Soil · “moderately wet to medium” · Tennessee Smart Yards (ranked first; Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, Prairie Moon 2026 Cultural Guide differ) · Published Tennessee growing guidance; exact cached scientific heading
Spread · “9 inches–1.5 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

Also known as

Hairy Pagoda Plant; Hairy Wood Mint

Conservation status

Alabama rank	SNR
Global rank	G5?
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Hairy Woodmint

At a glance

Natural habitats

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