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
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Lesser Calamint at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p217
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p258
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p140
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