''Pogogyne'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the

mint family The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory, ...

known generally as mesamints or mesa mints. They are native to

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, and

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> These are small annual plants with glandular, aromatic foliage. They are somewhat variable in appearance but are mostly minty-scented herbs with leaves and flower inflorescences bordered with stiff hairs. The flowers are white or a shade of purple or pinkish-lavender. The best known species is the critically endangered

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species San Diego mesa mint, ''P. abramsii'', which is now found only in a few isolated patches of ground near

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/ref> ;Species # '' Pogogyne abramsii'' Howell - San Diego mesa mint - San Diego County # '' Pogogyne clareana'' J.T.Howell - Santa Lucia mesa mint - Monterey County # '' Pogogyne douglasii'' Benth. - Douglas' mesa mint - Central + Northern California (Coast Ranges + Central Valley) # '' Pogogyne floribunda'' Jokerst - profuseflower mesa mint - northern California, southern Oregon, southwestern Idaho # '' Pogogyne nudiuscula'' A.Gray - Otay mesa mint - San Diego County + northern Baja California # '' Pogogyne serpylloides'' (Torr.) A.Gray - thymeleaf mesa mint - California + Baja California # '' Pogogyne zizyphoroides'' Benth. - Sacramento mesa mint - northern + central California, southwestern Oregon

References

External links

Calflora: Database: ''Pogogyne''
— ''genus and species''. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5220989 Lamiaceae genera Flora of California Flora of the Western United States