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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[hide] Meehania cordata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
3 Gardening (unranked):
Eudicots
4 Threatened and Endangered Information (unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Lamiaceae
Genus:
Meehania
Species:
M. cordata
1 Description 2 Distribution 4.1 References Description [edit]
Meehania, which was named by Nathaniel Lord Britton for the late Thomas Meehan, Philadelphian botanist, is a Dicot perennial plant with calyx rather obliquely 5­toothed, 15nerved. Corolla ample, expanded at the throat; the upper lip flattish or concave, 2­lobed, the lower 3­cleft, the middle lobe largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair shorter; anther­cells parallel. ­Low stoloniferous herb, with a pale purplish flowers.[1] Binomial name
Meehania cordata Meehania cordata, which is the only species of the genus Meehania and named by the English botanist Thomas Nuttall, are low, with slender runners, hairy; leaves broadly heart­shaped, crenate, petioled, the floral shorter than the calyx; whorls few­flowered, at the summit of short ascending stems; corolla hairy inside, 2­3.5 cm. long; stamens shorter than the upper lip. .[1] Distribution [edit]
It is found mostly in eastern North America. In the states of Illinois Kentucky North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia West Virginia Gardening [edit]
If you are looking for a novel groundcover, Meehan’s mint is the perfect choice. This deciduous herbaceous perennial groundcover spreads nicely in part shade and moist well­drained to average soils with foliage reaching only 1”­2” tall. In late spring it produces attractive lavender flowers with dark spots on upright stems 3”­4” tall above the foliage. Meehan’s mint spreads slowly, but is perfect for the summer garden when other plants have stopped flowering. This gem is an excellent companion to use with a wide variety of plants including Scutellaria serrata, Mitchella repens, Aquilegia canadensis, Carex plantaginea, Phlox stolonifera, Fothergilla gardenii, and Calycanthus floridus just to mention a few.[2] Threatened and Endangered Information [edit]
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Pennsylvania: heart­leafed meehania: Endangered[3]
Tennessee: heartleaf meehania: Threatened[3]
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^ a b Gray, Asa (1908). Gray's New Manual of Botany. New York: American Book Company. ^ Lammot du Pont Copeland, Mr. and Mrs.. "Mt. Cuba Center" . Mt. Cuba Center. Retrieved 16 May 2011. ^ a b "USDA Plants" . United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 15 May 2011. Categories: Lamiaceae [edit]