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Virginia Mountain-mint

Pycnanthemum virginianum

Found in wet meadows, marshes, prairie sloughs, over calcareous or mafic rocks or sediments. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

48
Good

Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
2–3 feet
Spread
1–1.5 feet
Light
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Usually 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
Leaves
Deciduous
Bloom
June to September
Fruiting season
September to October

Recorded in 6 West Virginia 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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Prairies and grasslands

Barrens native plants returning after prescribed fire, September 2020
Barrens grassland after a prescribed fire. Shown: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, a neighboring state.Barrens native plants returning after prescribed fire, September 2020, NPS Photo / Rick Olson, September 2020. Public domain. Source record.

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

Freshwater marshes

Open, herb-covered wetlands with fresh, non-tidal water.

All habitats

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · 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
Fruit begins
September
Fruit ends
October

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

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Virginia Mountain Mint

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS4
Global rankG5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Growing cautions

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Sources