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botanical illustration of California Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum californicum

botanical record · discovered

California Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum californicum

California Mountain Mint · Sierra mint

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: P-CYMENE, EO, MYRCENE, 1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Lamiaceae

Scientific name: Pycnanthemum californicum

Common names: California Mountain Mint, Sierra mint

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • P-CYMENE
  • EO
  • MYRCENE
  • 1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE
  • 1-OCTEN-3-OL
  • TRANS-ISOPULEGONE
  • ALPHA-HUMULENE
  • ALPHA-PINENE
  • ALPHA-TERPINEOL
  • BETA-PINENE
  • SABINENE
  • CIS-ISOPULEGONE
  • PIPERITENONE
  • 1,8-CINEOLE
  • CARYOPHYLLENE
  • ISOMENTHONE
show 3 more documented entries
  • LIMONENE
  • MENTHONE
  • PULEGONE

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

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