Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium vulgare
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wild Basil at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium vulgare
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clinopodium vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-003:
Satureja vulgaris FAMILY Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Clinopodium vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Satureja vulgaris
COMMON NAME:
Wild Basil
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4241
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4245
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4257
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, margins crenate to serrate, base rounded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4258
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Calyx 7-11mm long, teeth of upper lip to 2.6mm long; corolla pink to lavender, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4262
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Stems erect, spreading-pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4263
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Inflorescence 1-3 pairs of compact, head-like cymes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium vulgare
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium vulgare
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clinopodium vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-003:
Satureja vulgaris
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Clinopodium vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Satureja vulgaris
3322
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pastures, roadbanks, forests, thin soils around rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native & non-native
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1-12mm long
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes elongate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purplish-pink to lavender
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p323
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p140
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