Clinopodium brownei (Sw.) Kuntze

Browne's savory (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Clinopodium

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Swamps, marshes, stream banks, woods and ditches in Florida. Moist or wet thickets or meadows, often in marshes or along the edges of small mountain streams, or on wet banks, at elevations from 1,200-2,500 metres in Guatemala.
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It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaves are used for flavouring and for tea.
Uses essential oil medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (flower), Diarrhea (leaf), Sexually transmitted diseases (root), Liver (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bronchial diseases (unspecified), Chest pain (unspecified), Common cold (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Menstruation disturbances (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Sinusitis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Clinopodium brownei unspecified picture

Distribution

Clinopodium brownei world distribution map, present in Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Paraguay, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61179-2
WFO ID wfo-0000890933
COL ID W6PH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Micromeria bahamensis Micromeria domingensis Micromeria pilosiuscula Micromeria stolonifera Micromeria xalapensis Apozia serpyllacea Satureja brownei Satureja xalapensis Thymus brownei Thymus gracilis Thymus xalapensis Apozia chamaedryoides Clinopodium brownei Clinopodium stoloniferum Clinopodium xalapense Hedeoma gracillima Micromeria brownei var. pilosiuscula Satureja brownei var. pilosiuscula Satureja stolonifera Micromeria brownei Satureja brownei subsp. eubrownei