Rank Species | Higher classification Meehania | |
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Similar Lamiaceae, Chrysogonum virginianum, Pachysandra procumbens, Iris cristata, Sedum ternatum | ||
Meehania cordata creeping mint
Meehania cordata, also known as Meehan's mint or creeping mint, is a perennial plant of the genus Meehania, within the family Lamiaceae found in moist shady banks west of Pennsylvania to Illinois, Tennessee, and North Carolina around the month of June.
Contents
- Meehania cordata creeping mint
- Description
- Distribution
- Threatened and endangered information
- References
Description
Meehania, which was named by Nathaniel Lord Britton for the late Thomas Meehan, Philadelphian botanist, is a dicot perennial plant with calyx rather obliquely 5-toothed, 15 nerved. Corolla ample, expanded at the throat; the upper lip flattish or concave, 2-lobed, the lower 3-cleft, the middle lobe largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair shorter; anther-cells parallel. Low stoloniferous herb, with a pale purplish flowers.
Meehania cordata, which is one of seven species of the genus Meehania and named by the English botanist Thomas Nuttall, are low, with slender runners, hairy; leaves broadly heart-shaped, crenate, petioled, the floral shorter than the calyx; whorls few-flowered, at the summit of short ascending stems; corolla hairy inside, 2-3.5 cm. long; stamens shorter than the upper lip. .
Distribution
It is found mostly in eastern North America. In the states of
Threatened and endangered information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state.
heart-leafed meehania: Endangered
heartleaf meehania: Threatened
