Clinopodium vulgare from Mohra, Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Clinopodium vulgare L., Sp. pl. 2:587. 1753

syn: Calamintha clinopodium Spenn.; Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch

Pernennial herb differentiated from C. umbrosum in its more erect habit, up to 60 cm tall, simple or sparsely branched, leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, petiole up to 12 mm long; flower clusters much dense, up to 30 fld, bracts 5-10 mm long; corolla rose to purple 1-1.5 cm long, pedicel 2 mm long. Usually found on dry mountain slopes in Kashmir valley. Photographed in June 2010 from Mohra near Uri in Kashmir, alt 1400 m.

Common names: cushion-calamint, dog-mint, wild basil

   

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