Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts

Subspecies

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Characteristics

A small herb. It grows about 30 cm high. It has one main stem and several long branches. The leaves are greyish-green. The leaves are 4 cm long and oval with blunt tips. It has mint-scented leaves. The flowers are in rings that spread out along the top third of the plant. The flowers are pink or purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system creeping-root
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in dry, grassy areas and is usually on alkaline soils. It suits hardiness zones 7-10. In Hobart Botanical gardens.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Carminative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tunisia, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1009806-1
WFO ID wfo-0000892389
COL ID 5GHPY
BDTFX ID 41894
INPN ID 107988
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Synonyms

Melissa intermedia Satureja ascendens Satureja intermedia Calamintha ascendens Clinopodium ascendens Calamintha intermedia Satureja sylvatica subsp. ascendens Calamintha officinalis subsp. ascendens Calamintha sylvatica subsp. ascendens Satureja calamintha var. ascendens Satureja calamintha subsp. ascendens Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens Clinopodium nepeta subsp. ascendens Calamintha menthifolia subsp. ascendens