WorldFloraDB - Clinopodium menthifolium

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 80 cm high and spreads 1 m wide. The stem is hairy and erect. Some stems are creeping. The leaves are oval to round and green. They have some teeth and have a mint scent. The flowers are pink or lilac. They have white spots on the lower lip.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.45 - 0.8

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in light to medium well drained soils. It needs an open sunny position. It is drought and frost resistant.

More

Dry grassy banks, usually on calcareous soils, from southern Britain north to Durham and Yorkshire.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

The leaves are used for flavouring. They are used with zucchini vegetables and to flavour meats and stews. The flowers are used for conserves.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	flowers leaves
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or by cuttings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Leaf

Flower

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:946917-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000892378
COL ID	W6TL
BDTFX ID	18259
INPN ID	91908
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Satureja menthifolia Calamintha menthifolia Calamintha officinalis f. boveana Satureja sylvatica Satureja calamintha subsp. montana Satureja sylvatica var. boveana Calamintha menthifolia var. sylvatica Calamintha montana subsp. menthifolia Calamintha officinalis var. menthifolia Calamintha officinalis var. sylvatica Satureja calamintha subsp. silvatica Satureja calamintha subsp. menthifolia Calamintha officinalis f. menthifolia Calamintha sylvatica f. boveana Clinopodium menthifolium

Lower taxons

Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. hirtum Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. menthifolium

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Clinopodium menthifolium (Host) Stace

Wood calamint (en), Sarriette des bois (fr), Clinopode à feuilles de menthe (fr), Calament à feuilles de menthe (fr), Calament des bois (fr), Sarriette à feuilles de menthe (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Clinopodium