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



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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image of Clinopodium ashei, Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint, Ohoopee Dunes Wild Basil

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).

image of Clinopodium ashei, Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint, Ohoopee Dunes Wild Basil

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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