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Clinopodium nepeta (lesser calamint)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Clinopodium nepeta (synonym Calamintha nepeta), known as lesser calamint, is a perennial herb of the mint family.
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Infraspecies

Clinopodium nepeta nepeta (lesser calamint)
Clinopodium nepeta spruneri (false rosemary) (Attributes)
Clinopodium nepeta subisodontum

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Shrub
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [1]  30 inches (0.75 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Strong Base
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Mostly Dry
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Luberon Regional Nature Park V 406572 France  

Predators

Chrysolina cerealis (Rainbow leaf beetle)[4]
Chrysolina herbacea (mint leaf beatle)[4]
Trachys scrobiculatus[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0