Piloblephis

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Piloblephis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Piloblephis
Raf.
Species:
P. rigida
Binomial name
Piloblephis rigida
(Bartram ex Benth.) Raf.
Synonyms [1]
  • Pycnothymus(Benth.) Small
  • Satureja rigidaBartram ex Benth.
  • Clinopodium rigidum(Bartram ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Pycnothymus rigidus(Bartram ex Benth.) Small
  • Piloblephis ericoidesRaf.

Piloblephis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It contains only one known species, Piloblephis rigida, the wild pennyroyal, [2] or pennyroyal [3] native to Florida, southern Georgia, and the Bahamas. [1] [4] [5]

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<i>Artemisia rigida</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Piloblephis rigida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  3. "pennyroyal". Philoblephis rigida. Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  5. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map