Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clinopodium georgianum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Georgia Savory at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium georgianum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-002:
Satureja georgiana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha georgiana
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Savory, Georgia Basil, Georgia Calamint, False Peppermint
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JK Marlow jkm080517_129
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080517_129b
May Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120913_783
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaf margins crenate to serrate, base cuneate to rarely rounded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120913_785
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
The upper lip of the calyx is 3-toothed, the lower 2-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120913_794
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Thyrse of numerous well-spaced loosely-3-9-flowered cymules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120913_798
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Flowers borne mostly in 3-flowered clusters from the leaf axils, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Sam Pratt sbp_3426
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Flowers are 2-lipped, with the lower lip deeply lobed at the apex, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Sam Pratt sbp_3429
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clinopodium georgianum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium georgianum
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-27-002:
Satureja georgiana
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha georgiana
1331
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, dry rocky or sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p061
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p095
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p210
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p123
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p73
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p322
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p080
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p146