Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze, 1891

Common names

🇬🇧 Lesser Calamint
🇫🇷 Clinopode népéta, Calament népéta, Sarriette népéta

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Subtribe: Menthinae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species: Clinopodium nepeta

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts, 1999, which has flowers with longer lower calyx teeth (2 - 2.5 mm) and usually dentate leaves, while C. nepeta has flowers with shorter lower calyx teeth (< 2 mm) and usually entire leaves.

Hybridizes with C. menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts, 1999 to produce C. × conillii (Sennen) Starm., 2011, P (hom. syn. C. nepeta nothosubsp. conillii (Sennen) B.Bock, 2012).