Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Satureja ashei
COMMON NAME:
Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint, Ohoopee Dunes Wild Basil
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_clinopodium_ashei1
May Highlands County FL
All parts of the plant smell strongly of basil, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_clinopodium_ashei1b
May Highlands County FL
Flowers' upper lip nearly erect, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, w purple dots, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clinopodium ashei
FAMILY
Lamiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Calamintha (Labiatae) in the southern United States (Shinners, 1962)
Calamintha ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Satureja ashei
2797
Shrub; Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in xeric sandhills, 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.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite clusters
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink/Lavender
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-lobed calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!