Quercus

Virginia Mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Native to Kentucky (estimated)

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Pycnanthemum

  • Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Lintneria eremitusHermit Sphinx
  • Chionodes pseudofondella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
62BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Pycnanthemum

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
  • Archytas analis
  • Cistogaster occidua
  • Eristalis tenax
  • Exoprosopa fasciata
  • Exoprosopa fascipennis
  • Spallanzania hesperidarum
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Systropus macer
  • Trichopoda pennipes
  • Zodion fulvifrons

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 2
  • Phyciodes tharos
  • Pontia protodice

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 14
  • Ammobia nuda
  • Ammobia pennsylvanica
  • Bicyrtes 4-fasciata
  • Cerceris fumipennis
  • Eucerceris zonatus
  • Eumenes fraternus
  • Leionotus arvensis
  • Leionotus dorsalis
  • Sphex gracilis
  • Sphex nigricans
Show all 14
  • Sphex procera
  • Sphex vulgaris
  • Stictiella pictifrons
  • Zethus spinipes

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 1
  • Lygaeus turcicus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Beetles

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Lamiaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–7b
Flower color
White

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

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Virginia Mountain Mint; Virginia Mountain mint

Conservation status

Kentucky rankS4?
Global rankG5
KY statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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