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 vulgare   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4241

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4245

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil

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).

image of Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil

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).

image of Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil

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).

image of Clinopodium vulgare, Wild Basil

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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