Hyptis alata

{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}}

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| name = Musky mint

| image = Musky_mint_(Hyptis_alata).jpg

| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

| genus = Hyptis

| species = alata

| authority = (Raf.) Shinners

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Pycnanthemum alatum Raf.

• Clinopodium rugosum L.
• Hyptis radiata Willd., illegitimate superfluous name
• Mesosphaerum radiatum Kuntze
• Hyptis floridana Gand.
• Hyptis leiocephala Gand.
• Hyptis tracyi Gand.
• Hyptis latidens Urb.
• Hyptis rugosula Briq.

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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.{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/data_objects/17737399|title=Clustered bushmint (Hyptis alata)_EOL}} 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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=101567 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hyptis%20alata.png Biota 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.[https://archive.today/20110720084247/http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/hypala6.jpg Photo-Flowers, close-up]; [http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/hypala.html Article & photo gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220194736/http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/hypala.html |date=2008-02-20 }} - "Aquatic, Wetland, and Invasive Plants–Hyptis alata"[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HYAL USDA: NRCS: Plants Profile Hyptis alata]

;Varieties

1. Hyptis alata subsp. alata - United States and Cuba
2. Hyptis alata subsp. rugosula (Briq.) Harley - South America