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botanical illustration of Flexuose Mountain Mint, Pycnanthemum flexuosum

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Flexuose Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum flexuosum

Flexuose Mountain Mint · Appalachian mountain-mint · Appalachian mountainmint · Savanna Mountainmint · アワモリハッカ

At a glance

Origin / distribution: JP, US

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: EO, LINALOL, GERMACRENE-D, LINALYL-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 flexuosum

Common names: Flexuose Mountain Mint, Appalachian mountain-mint, Appalachian mountainmint, Savanna Mountainmint, アワモリハッカ

POWO: 214735-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in JP, US.

Documented historical or traditional applications are not available in this record.

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • JP
  • US

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Chemical constituents of aerial parts and roots of Pycnanthemum flexuosum. · 2014 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • EO
  • LINALOL
  • GERMACRENE-D
  • LINALYL-ACETATE

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Pycnanthemum flexuosum · Photo by David J. Stang

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • 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 ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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