# Lepechinia

Lepechinia is a genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It includes several species of plants known commonly as pitchersages (also pitcher sages). Plants of this genus can be found in Central and South America, Mexico, California, Hispaniola, and Hawaii, although the species in Hawaii is probably a human introduction. Many of them bear attractive pitcher-shaped flowers, often in shades of purple. The genus was named for the Russian botanist Ivan Ivanovich Lepechin. In 2011, the two monotypic genera Chaunostoma and Neoeplingia were shown to be part of Lepechinia.

## Species

As of February 2024, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
* Lepechinia annae (Taub. ex Schwacke) Brade
* Lepechinia anomala Epling - southern Brazil
* Lepechinia bella Epling - Bolivia
* Lepechinia betonicifolia (Lam.) Epling - Colombia, Ecuador
* Lepechinia bullata (Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
* Lepechinia calycina (Benth.) Epling ex Munz – pitcher sage, woodbalm - California (Coast Ranges + northern Sierra Nevada)
* Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling – Santa Ana pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
* Lepechinia caulescens (Ortega) Epling - Mexico, Guatemala
* Lepechinia chilensis (Molina) R.Morales
* Lepechinia cocuyensis J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
* Lepechinia codon Epling - Peru
* Lepechinia conferta (Benth.) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
* Lepechinia dioica J.A.Hart - Ecuador
* Lepechinia flammea Mart.Gord. & Lozada-Pérez - Guerrero
* Lepechinia floribunda (Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
* Lepechinia fragrans (Greene) Epling – island pitcher sage, fragrant pitcher sage - southern California including offshore Channel Islands
* Lepechinia ganderi Epling – San Diego pitcher sage - southern California, Baja California
* Lepechinia glomerata Epling - Jalisco
* Lepechinia graveolens (Regel) Epling
* Lepechinia hastata (A.Gray) Epling – pakata - Baja California and Baja California Sur, including Revillagigedo Islands; naturalized in Hawaii
* Lepechinia heteromorpha (Briq.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
* Lepechinia lamiifolia (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
* Lepechinia lancifolia (Rusby) Epling - Bolivia
* Lepechinia leucophylloides (Ramamoorthy, Hiriart & Medrano) B.T.Drew, Cacho & Sytsma - Hidalgo
* Lepechinia marica Epling & Mathias - Peru
* Lepechinia mecistandra (Donn.Sm.) H.K.Moon - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
* Lepechinia mexicana (S.Schauer) Epling - central + northeastern Mexico
* Lepechinia meyenii (Walp.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
* Lepechinia mollis (Epling) Epling - Peru
* Lepechinia mutica (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador
* Lepechinia nelsonii (Fernald) Epling - central + southern Mexico
* Lepechinia nubigena J.R.I.Wood & J.M.Mercado
* Lepechinia paniculata (Kunth) Epling - Ecuador
* Lepechinia radula (Benth.) Epling - Ecuador, Peru
* Lepechinia rossii S.Boyd & Mistretta – Ross' pitcher sage - southern California (Los Angeles + Ventura Counties)
* Lepechinia rufocampi Epling & Mathias - Ecuador
* Lepechinia salviae (Lindl.) Epling - Chile
* Lepechinia salviifolia (Kunth) Epling - Colombia, Venezuela
* Lepechinia schiedeana (Schltdl.) Vatke - Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
* Lepechinia scobina Epling - Peru
* Lepechinia speciosa (A.St.-Hil. ex Benth.) Epling - southern Brazil
* Lepechinia tomentosa (Benth.) Epling - Peru
* Lepechinia urbani (Briq.) Epling - Hispaniola
* Lepechinia velutina J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
* Lepechinia vesiculosa (Benth.) Epling - Peru, Bolivia, Argentina
* Lepechinia vulcanicola J.R.I.Wood - Colombia
* Lepechinia yecorana Henrickson, Fishbein & T.Van Devender - Sonora