Common name: Cushion Calamint, Wild Basil, Dog mint
Botanical name:Clinopodium vulgareFamily:Lamiaceae (Mint family) Synonyms: Calamintha clinopodium, Satureja vulgaris
Cushion Calamint is a plant 9-18 inches in height. Flowers are pink to
violet. Lower petal lobe strongly bilobed, upper petal lobe rooflike. Calyx
with elongate teeth and covered in white hair. Flowers are arranged in tight
clusters within the leaf axils, up and down the stem. Stem are square.
Leaves ovate, heavily veined, with with nearly smooth outer margins. Plant
with a distinctive aroma when crushed.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
Photographed in Uttarakhand & Kashmir.
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