Hyptis alata

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. 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"