OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium georgianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Clinopodium georgianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-002:

Satureja georgiana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Calamintha georgiana

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

Clinopodium georgianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint


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JK Marlow    jkm080517_129

May    Aiken County    SC

Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

JK Marlow    jkm080517_129b

May    Aiken County    SC

Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

JK Marlow    jkm120913_783

September    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Leaf margins crenate to serrate, base cuneate to rarely rounded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

JK Marlow    jkm120913_785

September    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

The upper lip of the calyx is 3-toothed, the lower 2-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

JK Marlow    jkm120913_794

September    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Thyrse of numerous well-spaced loosely-3-9-flowered cymules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

JK Marlow    jkm120913_798

September    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Flowers borne mostly in 3-flowered clusters from the leaf axils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

Sam Pratt    sbp_3426

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Flowers are 2-lipped, with the lower lip deeply lobed at the apex, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Clinopodium georgianum, Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint

Sam Pratt    sbp_3429

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium georgianum   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-002:
Satureja georgiana   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha georgiana

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1331

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC

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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/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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