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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium gracile   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

Clinopodium gracile

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint


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image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm180313_0551

March    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160707_008

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

Calyx tubular, base rounded, ~ 3mm in flower, ~ 5mm and declinate in fruit, per Flora of China.

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160707_206

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_014

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

Corolla white to purple-red, ~ 4.5mm. Floral lvs ovate-lanceolate, serrate, per Flora of China.

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_358

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_360

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_362

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_363

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_368

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_370

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

Blade of upper stem leaves ovate-lanceolate, margin serrate, apex acute, per Flora of China.

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm160723_374

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Chinquapin Greenway

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3095

August        SC

image of Clinopodium gracile, Slender Wild Basil, Slender Calamint

JK Marlow    jkm210824_3096

August        SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium gracile   FAMILY Lamiaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4029

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Stoloniferous

FLOWER:
Summer
White, pale violet, purplish
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed tubular calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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