Piloblephis

Piloblephis
Vulnerable
Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Piloblephis
Raf.
Species:
P. rigida
Binomial name
Piloblephis rigida
(Bartram ex Benth.) Raf.
Synonyms
  • Pycnothymus (Benth.) Small
  • Satureja rigida Bartram ex Benth.
  • Clinopodium rigidum (Bartram ex Benth.) Kuntze
  • Pycnothymus rigidus (Bartram ex Benth.) Small
  • Piloblephis ericoides Raf.

Piloblephis is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1838. It contains only one known species, Piloblephis rigida, the wild pennyroyal, or pennyroyal native to Florida, southern Georgia, and the Bahamas.

References

  1. ↑ "Piloblephis rigida (Wild Pennyroyal)". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ NRCS. "Piloblephis rigida". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "pennyroyal". Philoblephis rigida. Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  5. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map