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Hyptis mutabilis

Hyptis mutabilis

Found in moist disturbed areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 12 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

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

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

3CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Hyptis

  • Anatrachyntis rileyiPink Scavanger Caterpillar
  • Argyrogramma verrucaGolden Looper
  • Pyrausta phoenicealisPhoenicean Pyrausta, Perilla Leafroller
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
LAMIACEAE

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

Also known as

Cantinoa mutabilis

Conservation status

Mississippi rankSNA
Global rankNot available
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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