Piloblephis rigida
(Bartram ex Benth.) Raf.
Wild pennyroyal
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Description
A shrub. It is low growing and slightly woody. It grows 25-50 cm tall. The branches are stiff. The flowers are lavender with white throats and purple spots. The flowers have hairs on them.
Edible Uses
The leaves are used as a flavouring for soups and brewed into herbal teas.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are used to flavour soup and for herbal teas.
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Medicinal Uses
Traditionally used in herbal tea preparations.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
North America, USA,
Cultivation
It can be grown by seeds or cuttings.
Synonyms
References (3)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 656
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 403
- Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 261 (As Pycnothymus rigidus)
