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Hairy Woodmint

Blephilia hirsuta

Found in rich, rocky or alluvial forests, montane forests up to at least 5000 feet elevation. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. 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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At a glance

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

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 12 West Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

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

1 of 2

Floodplain and bottomland forests

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

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 65 animals.

Widespread birds also seen here (38)

Found in many habitats here, so not listed above.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV
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
Also known as

Hairy Pagoda Plant; Hairy Wood Mint

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS4
Global rankG5?
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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