genus

Cunila

Cunila

Field notes

Cunila is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1759. It is native to North and South America.

Species

Cunila angustifolia Benth. - southern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina

Cunila crenata García-Peña & Tenorio - State of Durango in Mexico

Cunila fasciculata Benth. - southern Brazil

Cunila galioides Benth. - Brazil

Cunila incana Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina

Cunila incisa Benth. - southern Brazil

Cunila leucantha Kunth ex Schltdl. & Cham. - Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama)

Cunila lythrifolia Benth. - central + southern Mexico

Cunila menthiformis Epling - southern Brazil

Cunila menthoides Benth. - Uruguay

Cunila microcephala Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay

Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton - central + eastern United States from Texas and Kansas east to New York and Georgia

Cunila platyphylla Epling - southern Brazil

Cunila polyantha Benth. - Mexico (from Zacatecas and Jalisco south to Chiapas), Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Panama)

Cunila pycnantha B.L.Rob. & Greenm. - Mexico (from Sinaloa and Durango south to Chiapas)

Cunila ramamoorthiana M.R.Garcia-Pena - Mexico (Guerrero)

Cunila spicata Benth. - southern Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay

Cunila tenuifolia Epling - southern Brazil

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native Cunila All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.