Poliomintha incana
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID643fe87b5f977806841967 |
| Scientific name | Poliomintha incana |
| Authority | (Torr.) A.Gray |
| First published in | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 296 (1870) |
Description Top
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It is also used medicinally to treat a variety of ailments.
Poliomintha incana, commonly known as frosted mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a strongly aromatic shrub with dark green foliage covered in small white hairs and light purple and blue flowers with tiny purple spots. It is eaten fresh or dried or used as a flavoring by Native American groups, particularly the Tewa and Hopi, and is also used medicinally to treat a variety of ailments.
Poliomintha incana, commonly known as frosted mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a strongly aromatic shrub with dark green foliage covered in small white hairs and light purple and blue flowers with tiny purple spots. It is eaten fresh or dried or used as a flavoring by Native American groups, particularly the Tewa and Hopi, and is also used medicinally to treat a variety of ailments.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Hedeoma incana | Torr. | Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 130 (1858) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| English | frosted mint |
| Hebrew | מרווה חלבית |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Mexico
- Mexico Northeast
- Mexico Northwest
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Northwestern U.S.A.
- Colorado
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South-central U.S.A.
- New Mexico
- Texas
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Southwestern U.S.A.
- Arizona
- California
- Utah
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Mexico
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
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| World Flora Online | wfo-0000279829 |
| USDA Plants | POIN3 |
| Tropicos | 17601654 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:454926-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-162266 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 929190 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 751851 |
| Nature Serve | 2.152465 |
| IPNI | 454926-1 |
| iNaturalist | 78669 |
| GBIF | 2926891 |
| Freebase | /m/03d0659 |
| EOL | 487618 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 6720 |
| USDA GRIN | 413379 |
| Wikipedia | Poliomintha_incana |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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| Phylogenomics of Salvia L. subgenus Calosphace (Lamiaceae) | Lara-Cabrera SI, Perez-Garcia MD, Maya-Lastra CA, Montero-Castro JC, Godden GT, Cibrian-Jaramillo A, Fisher AE, Porter JM | Front Plant Sci | 15-Oct-2021 |
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| A mast‐seeding desert shrub regulates population dynamics and behavior of its heteromyid dispersers | Auger J, Meyer SE, Jenkins SH | Ecol Evol | 04-Mar-2016 |
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| The Volatile Oil of Poliomintha Incana**Presented before the Scientific Section, A. Ph. A., Atlanta meeting, 1939. | A.F. Sievers, C.G. Marshall | Elsevier BV | 04-Jul-2010 |
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| The Essential Oil of Poliomintha incana. | Lewis EJ, Friedrich EC | Planta Med | 01-Apr-1990 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |