| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Clinopodium nubigenum (Kunth) Kuntze |
| Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 515 (1891) |
| Native Range | nw. Venezuela to w. South America |
| Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2300-4500m |
| Description | leaves 2-4mm, rhombic-ovate, obtuse, at base rounded, petiolate, subentire, hirsute, whorls 2-flowered, flowers subsessile, calyx hirsute, lobes acute |
| Size | 3-7cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Micromeria nubigena (Kunth) Benth. Micromeria nubigena var. angustifolia Wedd. Micromeria nubigena var. cordifolia Wedd. Micromeria nubigena var. glabrescens Benth. Satureja nubigena (Kunth) Briq. Thymus humifusus Willd. ex Benth. Thymus nubigenus Kunth |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |