Top native mountain mints
16 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Virginia Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum
caterpillars
3
food
6
flowers
226
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Narrowleaf Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
caterpillars
2
food
10
flowers
244
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Clustered Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum muticum
caterpillars
1
food
11
flowers
369
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Whorled Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
caterpillars
1
food
11
flowers
199
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Hoary Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum incanum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
154
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Whiteleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum albescens
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
136
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Southern Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum pycnanthemoides
caterpillars
1
flowers
139
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Loomis' Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum loomisii
caterpillars
1
flowers
136
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Torrey's Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum torreyi
caterpillars
1
flowers
134
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Stone Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum curvipes
caterpillars
1
flowers
133
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Awned Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum setosum
caterpillars
1
flowers
132
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Basil Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides
caterpillars
1
flowers
129
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Appalachian Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum montanum
caterpillars
1
flowers
128
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Beadle's Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum beadlei
caterpillars
1
flowers
127
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Savanna Mountainmint
Pycnanthemum flexuosum
flowers
247
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Sierra Mint
Pycnanthemum californicum
flowers
38