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
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clinopodium ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Clinopodium ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Satureja ashei
COMMON NAME:
Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint, Ohoopee Dunes Wild Basil
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_clinopodium_ashei1
May Highlands County FL
All parts of the plant smell strongly of basil, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_clinopodium_ashei1b
May Highlands County FL
Flowers' upper lip nearly erect, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, w purple dots, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clinopodium ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Clinopodium ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Satureja ashei
2797
Shrub; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: White sand Florida scrub; longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p123
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p071
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p230
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