Intro: Erect to ascending perennial found in the understory of cove and other rich forests, especially over calcareous or mafic substrates.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, few-branched, mostly smooth.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate (upper ones nearly sessile), oval, 2-8 in. long, coarsely toothed, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a loose, wide-branching panicle, pale yellow, ½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular and 2-lipped (lower lip prominently fringed), with 2 long-protruding stamens and an elongated style.

Fruits:

Comments: Ranging broadly over much of temperate eastern North American, this mint gives off a lemony scent when a plant is bruised or crushed.

Height: 2-3 ft.

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description: Erect to ascending perennial found in the understory of cove and other rich forests, especially over calcareous or mafic substrates.

stems: Stems 4-angled, few-branched, mostly smooth.

leaves: Leaves opposite, petiolate (upper ones nearly sessile), oval, 2-8 in. long, coarsely toothed, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a loose, wide-branching panicle, pale yellow, ½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular and 2-lipped (lower lip prominently fringed), with 2 long-protruding stamens and an elongated style.

fruits:

comments: Ranging broadly over much of temperate eastern North American, this mint gives off a lemony scent when a plant is bruised or crushed.

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native range: eastern North America