Common Mountain Mint - Pycnanthemum virginianum *RPBB*

Hairy Mountain Mint is a fragrant, fierce bloomer and fantastic pollinator plant. Nectar-rich flowers attract a broad array of insects, including Pearl Crescent butterflies. It's a host plant of the federally endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Easy to grow, it forms a shrubby clump about three feet high and wide, and will spread a short distance by rhizome. Identifiable as mint by its square stem, the leaves may be brewed for a mint tea. Leaves are toxic and repugnant to rabbits and other mammals. Soil Type: Loam/Gravel Soil Conditions: Average-MediumDry Flower Color: White Flower Time: July-August Height: 3' Light: Sun/Part-Sun Features: Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, Pollinators Credits: Info courtesy of IllinoisWildflowers.Info; Photo courtesy of wiki: Hardy plants at English wikipedia