Clinopodium vulgare L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Wild Basil
🇫🇷 Clinopode commun, Calament clinopode, Sarriette commune, Grand basilic

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 vulgare

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

C. vulgare subsp. arundanum (Boiss.) Nyman, 1881;
C. vulgare subsp. cimbricum Böcher, 1972;
C. vulgare subsp. orientale Bothmer, 1967;
C. vulgare subsp. vulgare L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with C. menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts, 1999 to produce C. × cadevallii (Sennen) Starm., 2011, P.

Photographs

img/clinopodium-vulgare.webp — Clinopodium vulgare

img/clinopodium-vulgare-2.webp — Clinopodium vulgare

img/clinopodium-vulgare-5.webp — Clinopodium vulgare

img/clinopodium-vulgare-3.webp — Clinopodium vulgare

img/clinopodium-vulgare-4.webp — Clinopodium vulgare - Cauline leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 795). Biotope.