Hedeoma Species, American False Pennyroyal

Actually it is a member of the Mint family, but not the Mint genus Mentha. This plant is slight and short and easily over-looked in a mi...Read Morex of plants such as a field or lawn. Its minty fragrance is so intense that treading on it often gives its presence away. I really wish it was a perennial so I could keep a pot of this wonderfully redolent herb inside over the winter.

This plant is NOT a member of the mint family even though the leaves are minty in fragrance. Leaves are said to repel mosquitoes, flies, ...Read Moregnats, fleas and ticks.

Avail. from Underwood Gardens.