Satureja calamintha (L.) Scheele
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Lamiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial to 8 dm; stems pubescent; lvs petioled, ovate-oblong to deltoid-ovate; cymules axillary, or by reduction of the upper lvs tending to form a panicle, each cymule peduncled and branched; cal 2-lipped, 4–6 mm; cor pale purple or nearly white, 9–12 mm; style-branches short, unequal, as in no. 3 [Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch]; 2n mostly = 24. Native of Europe, intr. in our range from Md. and Ky. s. June–Sept. Highly variable, and divided by European botanists into an indefinite number of infraspecific taxa or segregate spp. (Clinopodium nepeta; Calamintha nepeta)
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Common Names
basil thyme