Clinopodium ashei

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Clinopodium ashei
Calamintha ashei.jpg
Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species:
C. ashei
Binomial name
Clinopodium ashei
Synonyms
  • Calamintha ashei

Clinopodium ashei (syn. Calamintha ashei) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Ashe's savory and Ashe's calamint. It is native to Florida and Georgia in the United States. [2]

This bushy shrub grows up to about half a meter tall. It is aromatic. The stems have cracking, peeling bark and the newer twigs have a coat of downy hairs. The leaves are linear to narrowly oval in shape and are up to a centimeter long. They are hairy and glandular. The flower has a hairy, lipped corolla about a centimeter long not counting its tubular throat. It is whitish to pale lavender in color. Blooming occurs between January and April. [1]

This plant occurs in openings in Florida scrub vegetation. It grows on sand dunes along the Ohoopee River. It can also be found in disturbed habitat such as roadsides. This plant is likely allelopathic, producing chemicals that hinder the growth of other plants nearby. [2] There are 60 to 80 occurrences of the plant; in general it is uncommon but it can be common locally. [1]

The plant is the primary pollen source for the rare Osmia calaminthae , the blue calamintha bee. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Clinopodium ashei. [ permanent dead link ] The Nature Conservancy.
  2. 1 2 Calamintha ashei. Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
  3. van Hoose, Natalie (May 20, 2021). "Scientists discover nest, new northern range of Florida's rare blue calamintha bee". Florida Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved June 1, 2021.