| Clinopodium gracile | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Clinopodium |
| Species: | C. gracile |
| Binomial name | |
| Clinopodium gracile | |
Clinopodium gracile, commonly known as calamint, savory, slender wild basil, and tower flower, is a plant species native to Asia. [1]
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2:514.1891. Clinopodium confine (Hance) Kuntze Gen. Pl. 2:515.1891; Hara In: Jour. Jap. Bot. 101:14.1935.Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Matsum Index. Pl. Jap. 2:538.1912 (isonym). —Calamintha gracilis Benth. In: DC. Prodr. 12:232.1848. —Calamintha moluccana Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2:968.1859. —Calamintha confinis Hance In: Journ. Bot. 6:331.1868. —Calamintha radicans Vaniot Bull. Acad. Geogr. Bot. 14:182.1904. —Calamintha argyi H.Lév. In:Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8:423.1910. —Satureja gracilis (Benth.) Nakai In: J. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo. 31:149.1911; Bailey In: Gent. Herb. 1:43.1920. —Satureja confinis (Hance) Kudô Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2:100.1929.
Small perennial herb, slender, stoloniferous; Stem quadrangular, numerous, tufted, erect or procumbent at the base, ascending, 8–30 cm, retrorse, pubescent; Leaves opposite, basal leaves circular-ovate, 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.1 cm, base rounded, apex obtuse, margin remotely crenate, lower and mid stem leaves ovate, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5 cm, papery, sub-glabrous, abaxially sparsely hispid on veins, apex obtuse, base rounded to cuneate, margin remotely dentate or crenate-serrate, petioles 0.3–1 cm; Inflorescence verticillaster,few flowered (5–10), lax or dense, crowded in short terminal raceme, floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.8 cm, margin serrate, acute; Bract linear, acute, puberulous, much shorter than pedicel; Flower rose-pink, 5–7 × 3–4 mm, pedicel 1–3mm; Calyx tubular, base rounded, ca. 3–5 mm and declinate in fruit, puberulent or subglabrous, minutely hispid on veins, throat sparsely fine pilose, teeth ciliate, lower two subulate, upper three triangular, reflexed in fruit; Corolla ca. 4.5 mm, puberulent; nutlets ovoid, smooth 0.4–0.5 mm. Its flowering has been observed in July. [1]
Clinopodium gracile can be allocated from China, Indonesia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, & Tripura). It commonly flourishes near river banks, wild/semi-wild areas, and alongside forest margin sites. [1]
