Pycnanthemum incanum, with the common name hoary mountainmint, "mountain mint", wild basil or hoary basil, is a herbaceous perennial in the mint family.Germplasm Resources Information Network− GRIN-Global Web v 1.9.6.2: taxonomy of Pycnanthemum incanum
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Pycnanthemum incanum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
💊 Medicinal use documented
Compound class profile3 classes
Flavonols4
Fatty alcohols $ Unsaturated fatty acids1
Acyclic monoterpenoids1
Documented compounds35 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
EO
19,000 ppm
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PULEGONE
10,336 ppm
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MENTHONE
10,127 ppm
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LIMONENE
1,216 ppm
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ISOMENTHONE
931 ppm
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MENTHOL
798 ppm
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BETA-ELEMENE
190 ppm
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CIS-ISOPULEGONE
190 ppm
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TRANS-ISOPULEGONE
152 ppm
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ALPHA-PINENE
114 ppm
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05DNA & barcoding3 specimens
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 Pycnanthemum incanum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections3
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
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPycnanthemum incanum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 76 n = 38
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km
≤100 m 313≤1 km 43≤10 km 17>10 km 74
447 georeferenced · 127 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor574
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 accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 170≤10 km 390>10 km 60
647 georeferenced · 203 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence850
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 institutions44 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
244
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
108
Bangkok, TH
54
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
48
Bronx, US
46
Allentown, US
41
New Haven, US
37
Williamsburg, US
28
Wuzhou, CN
24
Burlington, US
23
Chapel Hill, US
18
Jackson, US
13
Staten Island, US
11
Durham, US
11
Tuscaloosa, US
8
Bloomington, US
7
Millersville, US
7
Norfolk, US
6
Clemson, US
5
Philadelphia, US
5
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
5
Columbia, US
5
Davenport, US
4
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
4
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Richmond, US
3
Morgantown, US
3
AUAlocation not on record
3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
Asheville, US
2
Baltimore, US
2
Mohonk Preservelocation not on record
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
Denver, US
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Dover, US
2
GAlocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Riverside, US
1
Durham, US
1
Washington, US
1
Oswego, US
1
Denton, US
1
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
College Park, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Mount Berry, US
1
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Pondicherry, IN
1
Chicago, US
1
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
Due West, US
1
Mississippi State, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
62 institutions · 820 of 850 vouchered records shown · 30 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Pycnanthemum incanum 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 426 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗