genus
Calamints
Clinopodium
Field notes
Children
- Wild Basil native
- Yerba Buena native
- Slender Wild Basil introduced
- Browne's Savory native
- Low Calamint native
- Scarlet Calamint native
- Georgia Calamint native
- Clinopodium caucasicum
- Ashe's Calamint native
- San Miguel Savory native
- Ozark Calamint native
- Clinopodium laxiflorum
- Florida Calamint native
- Clinopodium tomentosum
- Clinopodium nubigenum
- Talladega Wild Basil native
- Bush Mint
- Monkey-flower Savory native
- Clinopodium
- Calamint Cultivar
- Calamint Cultivar
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- Perennial Shrub Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native calamints All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Wild Basil
Clinopodium vulgare
caterpillars
2
food
5
flowers
48
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Browne's Savory
Clinopodium brownei
food
2
flowers
9
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Ashe's Calamint
Clinopodium ashei
flowers
34
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Low Calamint
Clinopodium arkansanum
flowers
7
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Georgia Calamint
Clinopodium carolinianum
flowers
5
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Yerba Buena
Clinopodium douglasii
flowers
4
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Scarlet Calamint
Clinopodium coccineum
flowers
4
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San Miguel Savory
Clinopodium chandleri
flowers
2
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Ozark Calamint
Clinopodium glabellum
flowers
1
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Florida Calamint
Clinopodium dentatum
flowers
1
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Talladega Wild Basil
Clinopodium talladeganum
flowers
1
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Monkey-flower Savory
Clinopodium mimuloides