Details

Latin name:

Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T. Dur. & B.D. Jacks. ex B.L. Rob. & Fernald Syn.: Koellia virginiana (L.) MacMill.

Botanical family:

Lamiaceae

Growth habit:

Herb

Vernacular name(s):

Virginia mountainmint (Eng.)
pycnanthème verticillé (Fr.)
name'wûckon' (Ojibwa)

Uses:

•	Leaves :	Decoction made with equal parts of Nepeta cataria given in fever [Ojibwa 47].
•	Roots :	Powdered and made into a decoction for amenorrhoea [Ojibwa 47].