Genus of flowering plants
Hedeoma is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North and South America. They are commonly known as false pennyroyals.[2][3][4]
The genus name is derived from the Greek words ἡδύς (hedys), meaning "sweet," and ὀσμή (osme), meaning "odour". It refers to the scent of the leaves.[5] Hedeoma patens M.E. Jones (common name, oregano chiquito) is used by natives of northwestern Mexico to flavor various food items.[6][7][8]
- Species[2]
- Hedeoma acinoides Scheele – Slender false pennyroyal - Texas, Oklahoma, Coahuila
- Hedeoma apiculata W.S.Stewart – McKittrick's false pennyroyal - western Texas, southeastern New Mexico
- Hedeoma bella (Epling) R.S.Irving - Jalisco
- Hedeoma chihuahuensis (Henrard) B.L.Turner - Chihuahua
- Hedeoma ciliolata (Epling & W.S.Stewart) R.S.Irving - Gypsum false pennyroyal - Nuevo León
- Hedeoma costata Hemsl. – Ribbed false pennyroyal - Mexico, Guatemala, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico
- Hedeoma crenata R.S.Irving - Rio de Janeiro
- Hedeoma dentata Torr. – Dentate false pennyroyal - Arizona, Sonora, New Mexico
- Hedeoma diffusa Greene – Spreading (or Flagstaff) false pennyroyal - Nevada, Arizona
- Hedeoma drummondii Benth. – Drummond's false pennyroyal - western United States, Alabama, Mississippi, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora
- Hedeoma floribunda Standl. - Chihuahua
- Hedeoma hispida Pursh – Rough false pennyroyal - Canada, central + eastern United States (especially the Great Plains)
- Hedeoma hyssopifolia A.Gray – Aromatic false pennyroyal - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona
- Hedeoma johnstonii R.S.Irving - Coahuila
- Hedeoma jucunda Greene - Durango
- Hedeoma mandoniana Wedd. - Peru, Bolivia, Jujuy Province of Argentina
- Hedeoma martirensis Moran - Baja California
- Hedeoma matomianum Moran - Baja California
- Hedeoma medium Epling - Argentina, Uruguay
- Hedeoma microphylla R.S.Irving - San Luis Potosí
- Hedeoma mollis Torr. – Softhair false pennyroyal - western Texas
- Hedeoma montana Brandegee - Coahuila
- Hedeoma multiflora Benth - Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil
- Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. – Dwarf false pennyroyal - Chihuahua, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Mohave Desert in California
- Hedeoma oblatifolia Villarreal - Coahuila
- Hedeoma oblongifolia (A.Gray) A.Heller – Oblongleaf false pennyroyal - Chihuahua, Sonora, New Mexico, Arizona
- Hedeoma palmeri Hemsl. - San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Coahuila
- Hedeoma patens M.E. Jones –oregano chiquito - Chihuahua, Coahuila
- Hedeoma patrina W.S.Stewart - Zacatecas
- †Hedeoma pilosa R.S.Irving – Old blue false pennyroyal - Brewster County in Texas but apparently extinct
- Hedeoma piperita Benth. - Hidalgo, México State
- Hedeoma plicata Torr. – Veiny false pennyroyal - Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, northern Mexico
- Hedeoma polygalifolia Benth. - southern Brazil
- Hedeoma pulcherrima Wooton & Standl. – White Mountain false pennyroyal - New Mexico
- Hedeoma pulegioides (L.) Pers. – American false pennyroyal - eastern Canada, central + eastern United States
- Hedeoma pusilla (R.S.Irving) R.S.Irving - Nuevo León
- Hedeoma quercetora Epling - Nuevo León
- Hedeoma reverchonii (A.Gray) A.Gray – Reverchon's false pennyroyal - southern Great Plains (Texas, Oklahoma, western Arkansas)
- Hedeoma rzedowskii B.L.Turner - Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí
- Hedeoma × serpyllifolia Small - Texas, New Mexico
- Hedeoma tenuiflora Brandegee - Baja California
- Hedeoma tenuipes Epling - northeastern Mexico
- Hedeoma todsenii R.S.Irving – Todsen's false pennyroyal - New Mexico