Pogogyne is a small genus of flowering plants in the mint family known generally as mesamints or mesa mints. They are native to Oregon, Idaho, California, and Baja California.^[1][2][3]

Pogogyne
San Diego mesa mint (P. abramsii) at the vernal pools of San Diego National Wildlife Refuge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Nepetoideae
Tribe:	Mentheae
Genus:	Pogogyne Benth.
Synonyms[1]
Hedeomoides Briq.

These are small annual plants with glandular, aromatic foliage. They are somewhat variable in appearance but are mostly minty-scented herbs with leaves and flower inflorescences bordered with stiff hairs. The flowers are white or a shade of purple or pinkish-lavender. The best known species is the critically endangered vernal pool species San Diego mesa mint, P. abramsii, which is now found only in a few isolated patches of ground near San Diego, California.^[4]

Species^[1]

1. Pogogyne abramsii Howell - San Diego mesa mint - San Diego County
2. Pogogyne clareana J.T.Howell - Santa Lucia mesa mint - Monterey County
3. Pogogyne douglasii Benth. - Douglas' mesa mint - Central + Northern California (Coast Ranges + Central Valley)
4. Pogogyne floribunda Jokerst - profuseflower mesa mint - northern California, southern Oregon, southwestern Idaho
5. Pogogyne nudiuscula A.Gray - Otay mesa mint - San Diego County + northern Baja California
6. Pogogyne serpylloides (Torr.) A.Gray - thymeleaf mesa mint - California + Baja California
7. Pogogyne zizyphoroides Benth. - Sacramento mesa mint - northern + central California, southwestern Oregon