NameThatPlant.net: Clinopodium ashei

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium ashei FAMILY Lamiaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium ashei FAMILY Lamiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint, Ohoopee Dunes Wild Basil

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium ashei FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium ashei FAMILY Lamiaceae

2797

Shrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: White sand Florida scrub; longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite clusters

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps

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