Hyptis alata, the musky mint or clustered bushmint, is a shrub species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae, the mint family. The genus Hyptis is commonly known as the bushmints. It is a native species throughout the southeastern United States from Texas to North Carolina, as well as in Cuba, Argentina, southern Brazil, and Paraguay.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map It is found in wetlands, prairies, pond margins and wet flatwoods. Hyptis alata is the southeastern United States analog to the Southwestern deserts H. emoryi, the Desert Lavender.Photo-Flowers, close-up; Article & photo gallery - "Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plants–Hyptis alata"USDA: NRCS: Plants Profile Hyptis alata Varieties Hyptis alata subsp. alata - United States and Cuba Hyptis alata subsp. rugosula (Briq.) Harley - South America
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Hyptis alata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections2
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 212 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 795
Museum / vouchered416
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 008 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 566≤1 km 297≤10 km 99>10 km 248
2 210 georeferenced · 585 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 795
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy24% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤1 km 19≤10 km 48>10 km 55
135 georeferenced · 281 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence416
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions38 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Tampa, US
106
Miami, US
41
Jackson, US
24
US
20
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
20
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
15
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
14
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
12
BAYLUlocation not on record
11
Mississippi State, US
10
Austin, US
10
Bronx, US
9
Bangkok, TH
9
Wuzhou, CN
9
Bloomington, US
9
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
8
Columbia, US
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
Tuscaloosa, US
7
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
6
Chapel Hill, US
5
GAlocation not on record
5
AUAlocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Fort Worth, US
3
College Park, US
3
Chadron, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Lincoln, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Knoxville, US
2
Williamsburg, US
2
Minia, EG
2
Riverside, US
1
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Mérida, MX
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Northridge, US
1
Madison, US
1
Davis, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
Lubbock, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
Pelotas, BR
1
Albuquerque, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
Flagstaff, US
1
53 institutions · 413 of 416 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Hyptis alata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 212 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗