Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Other & Bicolor ), 0 by Allwild

Allwild wrote:
Hoary Mountain Mint/pycnanthemum incanum is an herbaceous perennial native and, is one of several species in the area.

The leaf arrangement is opposite, mostly ovate and toothed with short petoiles. The color of the leaves appear almost white from a distance and grayish-green underneath. The leaves are velvety soft to the touch. The flowers are tiny lilac/white with purple spots in dense top clusters. Blooms mid-summer and continues into early fall in a sunny to partly shady site. Found in dry thickets and woodlands. Bee and butterfly plant, culinary and medicinal. Usually used in teas,the leaves are edible raw or cooked and have a hot, minty flavor. Although the scent reminds me of a camphor-mint. The herb was once widely used by a number of Native American tribes as a general relaxing tonic that also soothed indigestion. It has also been used as a natural insecticide, and a number of other ailments such as colds, fevers, mouth and gum diseases-to name a few.

If you find this growing like I did, don't pass it up!!