Hyptis alata

Musky mint
	File:Musky mint (Hyptis alata).jpg
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Hyptis
Species:	H. alata
Binomial name
	Hyptis alata; (Raf.) Shinners
Synonyms
	Pycnanthemum alatum Raf.; Clinopodium rugosum L.; Hyptis radiata Willd., illegitimate superfluous name; Mesosphaerum radiatum Kuntze; Hyptis floridana Gand.; Hyptis leiocephala Gand.; Hyptis tracyi Gand.; Hyptis latidens Urb.; Hyptis rugosula Briq.;

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Hyptis alata (musky mint, or clustered bushmint) is a shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae, the mint family. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints.^[2] It is a native species throughout the southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina, as well as in Cuba, Argentina, southern Brazil, and Paraguay.^[1]^[3] It is found in wetlands, prairies, pond margins and wet flatwoods. Hyptis alata is the southeastern United States analog to the Southwestern deserts H. emoryi, the Desert Lavender.^[4]USDA: NRCS: Plants Profile Hyptis alata

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Musky mint
File:Musky mint (Hyptis alata).jpg
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Hyptis
Species:	H. alata
Binomial name
*Hyptis alata* (Raf.) Shinners
Synonyms^[1]
Pycnanthemum alatum Raf. Clinopodium rugosum L. Hyptis radiata Willd., illegitimate superfluous name Mesosphaerum radiatum Kuntze Hyptis floridana Gand. Hyptis leiocephala Gand. Hyptis tracyi Gand. Hyptis latidens Urb. Hyptis rugosula Briq.