Longspurred mint flowers in September and produces fruits in the form of four small nutlets. The plant has been extirpated from several other sites in Marion County and from a previously-known site in Sumter County. The existing population has been estimated at fewer than 4,OOO plants, but this estimate does not include about half the occupied habitat. Longspurred mint is found only in open areas in sand pine scrub or oak scrub, and in the ecotones between these and turkey oak communities. The site where the species once occurred in Sumter County, and several of the sites where the species formerly occurred in Marion County are no longer suitable habitat because of development.
Development also threatens the remaining known habitat.
The species has been taken sporadically for scientific purposes and is vulnerable to losses from the general public. The plants occur close to the highway and human habitation, and they can be easily identified by the strongly aromatic mint-like odor. The species' restricted range and limited numbers also increases its vulnerability to disturbance or natural disaster. The species should be preserved in the extant site, and, to provide greater security, the possibility of establishing additional populations within the historic range should be evaluated. Mild disturbances appear to have little effect and probably stimulate the species by reducing competition.