Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Clinopodium vulgare L. (1753)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch (1897)
- = Calamintha clinopodium Benth. (1848)
Vernacular Name(s):
Wild basil
Description
Scarcely aromatic herb. Stems lax or straggling, white-pilose. Lvs petiolate. Lamina 1.5–4 × 0.7–2.5 cm, ovate, hairy, often densely hairy below, entire to shallowly and remotely crenate or crenate-serrate; base broad-cuneate to rounded; apex obtuse. Bracteoles numerous, nearly = calyx, white-plumose. Calyx 7–9 mm long, white-plumose; teeth subulate, purplish; lower lip with longer teeth. Corolla 10–15 mm long, pink, densely hairy outside; lower lip almost 2× upper lip. Nutlets 9–10 mm diam., subglobose or broad-oblong, slightly angular ventrally.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–May.
