Taxon: Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

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Common names:

• American dittany   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• dittany   (Source: F Ohio ) – English
  
• frost-mint   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• stone-mint   (Source: Atlas Penn ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [s.], New Jersey, New York [s.], Ohio [s.], Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Kansas [Cherokee Co.], Missouri, Oklahoma [Ottawa Co.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland.
• Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist.
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
• Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cunila origanoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cunila origanoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cunila origanoides.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cunila mariana L.
  
• (≡) Satureja origanoides L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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