Musky mint, named for its musky odor, is native throughout the southeastern United States, along with Cuba, Argentina,
southern Brazil, and Paraguay. It favors wetlands, prairies, pond and lake margins, and flatwoods.
Plants: Short-lived perennial 2-3′ (60-91 cm) tall, with
square stems.
Leaves: Opposite, lanceolate, with serrated edges, 1½-4″ (3.8-10 cm)
long.
Flowers: Flowers emerge from leaf axils, on short stalks. They are
rounded, with an asymmetric calyx. The corolla has one lip, pink to lavendar, and four stamens
that extend beyond the corolla. There are five white, hairy sepals beneath the flower dome.
Flowers appear from May to November.
Fruits: An ovary, with two more more seed chambers.