Downy Wood Mint
Blephilia ciliata , also called Ohio horsemint, occurs in dryish open woods and thickets, clearings, fields and roadsides. A clump-forming, mint family member that features mostly unbranched, square stems which rise to 30" tall. Blue-purple, two-lipped flowers appear in late spring to mid-summer in several tiered, whorled, globular clusters in an interrupted terminal spike, with each cluster resting upon a whorl of fringed bracts. Similar in appearance to the closely related monardas. Stem leaves are lightly-toothed, whitish-
BLEPHILIA CILIATA Part Sun Perennial
downy below and mildly fragrant when crushed.
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