Pogogyne
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Pogogyne is a small genus of flowering plants in the mint family
known generally as mesamints or mesa mints. These are small annual plants with glandular, aromatic foliage. They are somewhat variable in appearance but are mostly minty-scented herbs with leaves and flower inflorescences bordered with stiff hairs. The flowers are white or a shade of purple or pinkish-lavender. The best known species is the critically endangered vernal pool
species San Diego mesa mint
, P. abramsii, which is now found only in a few isolated patches of ground near San Diego, California
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Lamiaceae
The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
known generally as mesamints or mesa mints. These are small annual plants with glandular, aromatic foliage. They are somewhat variable in appearance but are mostly minty-scented herbs with leaves and flower inflorescences bordered with stiff hairs. The flowers are white or a shade of purple or pinkish-lavender. The best known species is the critically endangered vernal pool
Vernal pool
Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are temporary pools of water. They are usually devoid of fish, and thus allow the safe development of natal amphibian and insect species...
species San Diego mesa mint
Pogogyne abramsii
Pogogyne abramsii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Diego mesa mint. It is endemic to San Diego County, California, where it is known only from a few sites at vernal pools in and around San Diego and its suburbs. Much of its range is located on the...
, P. abramsii, which is now found only in a few isolated patches of ground near San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
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Species:
- Pogogyne abramsiiPogogyne abramsiiPogogyne abramsii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Diego mesa mint. It is endemic to San Diego County, California, where it is known only from a few sites at vernal pools in and around San Diego and its suburbs. Much of its range is located on the...
- San Diego mesa mint - Pogogyne clareanaPogogyne clareanaPogogyne clareana is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Santa Lucia mint. It is endemic to Monterey, California, where it is known only from about fifty occurrences all located within the bounds of Fort Hunter Liggett, a US Army training facility...
- Santa Lucia mesa mint - Pogogyne douglasiiPogogyne douglasiiPogogyne douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Douglas' mesa mint. It is endemic to central California, where it grows in vernal pools and similar grassland habitat in the coastal and inland mountain ranges and the Central Valley...
- Douglas' mesa mint - Pogogyne floribundaPogogyne floribundaPogogyne floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name profuseflower mesa mint. It is native to the Modoc Plateau and surrounding basin habitat in the northeastern corner of California. It is known from six occurrences in adjacent Oregon and one in Idaho...
- profuseflower mesa mint - Pogogyne nudiusculaPogogyne nudiusculaPogogyne nudiuscula is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Otay mesa mint. It is native to southern San Diego County, California, where it is known only from Otay Mesa near the border with Baja California. It was identified on land south of the Mexican...
- Otay mesa mint - Pogogyne serpylloidesPogogyne serpylloidesPogogyne serpylloides is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name thymeleaf mesa mint. It is endemic to central California, where it grows in grassy habitat in coastal and inland mountain ranges and foothills...
- thymeleaf mesa mint - Pogogyne ziziphoroides - Sacramento mesa mint