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Limestone calamint

Clinopodium arkansanum

Also called Arkansas Calamint, Low Calamint

Limestone calamint
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org (Cropped by uploader), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Clinopodium arkansanum is a species of North American flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as limestone calamint.

Where it grows

The plant grows naturally in southeastern North America, native to the American states of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Its habitat includes mainly moist to wet soil containing limestone, and it grows best in full sun.

Other Clinopodium plants

Basil thyme · Rock Thyme · Ashe's calamint · Browne's savory · San Miguel calamint · Chilean Calamint · Scarlet calamint · Florida calamint · Clinopodium fasciculatum · Clinopodium gilliesii · Ozark calamint · Slender wild basil

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clinopodium arkansanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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