Hyptis alata (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. 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.USDA: NRCS: Plants Profile Hyptis alata
- Hyptis alata subsp. alata - United States and Cuba
- Hyptis alata subsp. rugosula (Briq.) Harley - South America
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- "Clustered bushmint (Hyptis alata)_EOL".
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- Photo-Flowers, close-up; Article & photo gallery - "Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plants–Hyptis alata"
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