Clinopodium thymifolium Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Clinopodium

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms tufts. It grows 1 m tall. It spreads 60 cm wide. The leaves are narrow and dark green. They are 5-20 mm long and narrowly oval. There can be teeth near the tip. The flowers are white and purple. They are 5-9 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.6
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It needs to be in full sun and a dry, well-drained soil. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 5
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Clinopodium thymifolium unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445875-1
WFO ID wfo-0000893335
COL ID 3ZJHS
BDTFX ID 84314
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Melissa thymifolia Mentha croatica Micromeria thymifolia Nepeta pumila Satureja rupestris Satureja thymifolia Thymus albus Melissa alba Nepeta croatica Thymus duinensis Calamintha thymifolia Clinopodium thymifolium Cuspidocarpus rupestris Cuspidocarpus thymifolius Calamintha alba Calamintha officinalis var. alba Micromeria rupestris Calamintha rupestris