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Clinopodium album (Waldst. & Kit.) Bräuchler & Govaerts  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesClinopodium album (Waldst. & Kit.) Bräuchler & Govaerts 
BibliographyPhytotaxa 356: 71 (2018)
Native RangeHungary to n. Italy and w. Balkan Peninsula
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatstony grassland
Descriptionleaves 5-20mm long, elliptic to ovate, remotely dentate, abaxially glandular punctate, flowers 5-9mm long, in shortly branched racemes, producing spicate panicle
Size20-40cm
Colorwhitish violet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny site with a deep, drained soil
alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCalamintha rupestris (Wulfen) Host
Calamintha thymifolia (Scop.) Rchb.
Calamintha officinalis var. alba (Waldst. & Kit.) Nyman
Cuspidocarpus rupestris (Wulfen) Spenn.
Cuspidocarpus thymifolius (Scop.) Kuntze
Melissa alba Waldst. & Kit.
Melissa thymifolia (Scop.) Benth.
Mentha croatica (Spreng.) Welden
Micromeria rupestris (Wulfen) Benth.
Micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) Benth.
Nepeta croatica Spreng.
Nepeta pumila Spreng.
Satureja rupestris Wulfen
Satureja thymifolia Scop.
Thymus albus (Waldst. & Kit.) Link
Thymus duinensis Moretti ex Rchb.
Territory1 Europe
     11 Middle Europe (HUN Hungary)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia)
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