| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Clinopodium alpinum (L.) Kuntze |
| Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
| Native Range | c. Europe to Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 500-2700m |
| Description | leaves elliptic to suborbiculate, pubescent, sometimes apically denticulate, flowers in axils of upper leaves, 1-2cm long, lower lip white variegate |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Acinos acutifolius Schur Acinos alpinus (L.) Moench Acinos alpinus var. adrianopolitanus (Podp.) Ančev Acinos alpinus ssp. aetnensis (Strobl) Greuter Acinos alpinus f. albiflorus E.Brandis ex Šilić Acinos alpinus var. dinaricus Šilić Acinos alpinus ssp. dinaricus Šilić Acinos alpinus var. hirsutus Pant. Acinos alpinus f. hirsutus (Pant.) Šilić Acinos alpinus var. latior Schott Acinos alpinus var. pseudoacinos (Lacaita) Pignatti Acinos alpinus ssp. pyrenaeus (Braun-Blanq.) M.Laínz Acinos alpinus var. thracicus (Velen.) Ančev Acinos granatensis ssp. aetnensis (Strobl) Pignatti Acinos pseudoacinos (Lacaita) Fen. Acinos rotundifolius Friv. ex Walp. Calamintha acinos ssp. alpina (L.) Bonnier & Layens Calamintha aetnensis Strobl Calamintha alpina (L.) Lam. Calamintha alpina var. adrianopolitana Podp. Calamintha alpina ssp. aetnensis (Strobl) Rech.f. Calamintha alpina var. erecta Lange Calamintha alpina var. minor Willk. Calamintha alpina var. parviflora Ball Calamintha granatensis var. erecta Chabert Calamintha pseudoacinos Lacaita Calaminhta purpurascens Benth. Calamintha rotundifolia Ces. & al. Calamintha suaveolens ssp. langei Nyman Calamintha thracica Velen. Clinopodium alpinum ssp. dinaricum (Šilić) Iamonico & Bogdanović Clinopodium alpinum ssp. pyrenaeum (Braun-Blanq.) Govaerts Faucibarba alpina (L.) Dulac Melissa alpina (L.) Benth. Satureja acinos var. minor (Willk.) O.Bolós & Vigo Satureja alpina (L.) Scheele Satureja alpina var. amplifoliata (Pau) Maire Satureja alpina var aurasiaca Maire Satureja alpina var. chabertii Maire Satureja alpina var. erecta (Lange) Maire Satureja alpina var. kestica Maire & Weiller Satureja alpina var. latior (Schott) Briq. Satureja alpina f. macrantha H.Lindb. Satureja alpina var. macrantha (H.Lindb.) Maire Satureja alpina var. parviflora Ball Satureja alpina var. purpurascens (Benth.) Pau & Font Quer Satureja alpina ssp. pyrenaea Braun-Blanq. Satureja alpina var. pyrenaea (Braun-Blanq.) O.Bolós & Vigo Satureja alpina var. vuachensis Briq. Satureja amplifoliata Pau Thymus alpinus L. Thymus montanus Crantz Thymus nummulariifolius Loisel. Thymus villosissimus Tausch Ziziphora alpicola Melnikov Ziziphora alpina (L.) Melnikov Ziziphora granatensis ssp. alpina (L.) Bräuchler & Gutermann |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey) |