OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clinopodium calamintha   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Clinopodium nepeta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Clinopodium calamintha

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-001:

Satureja calamintha var. nepeta   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)

Calamintha officinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Clinopodium nepeta

 

COMMON NAME:
Lesser Calamint, Basil-thyme


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image of Clinopodium calamintha, Lesser Calamint, Basil-thyme

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_clne3_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clinopodium calamintha   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clinopodium nepeta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Clinopodium calamintha

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-001:
Satureja calamintha var. nepeta   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDING Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha officinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Clinopodium nepeta

 

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3323

Subshrub; Forb (sometimes somewhat woody at base)
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White, pink or bluish-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

 

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