Hairy Wood Mint or Pagoda Mint

Blephilia hirsuta

Identification: Flowers pink to violet-blue. Lower petal lobe thin and straplike, bordered on either side by broad, ovate lobes. Top petal lobe triangular. Interior of flower spotted with dark red. Flowers in apical clusters, arranged in whorls separated by bands of fringed, prickly appearing, bracts. Stem square, hairy. Leaves blade-shaped, petioles of middle leaves elongate, thin. Plant 1 to 3 feet in height.

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Distribution: Minnesota in the west to Quebec in the east, southward to Georgia and Arkansas.

Habitat: Found in wet woods and other wet shady places.

Flowering period: May to September.

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