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Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntz  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesClinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntz 
BibliographyRevis. Gen. Pl. 2: 516 (1891)
Native Rangese. Europe to nw. & w. Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptiongrey adpressed softly hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, rigid, acute, sparsely, remotely denticulate, whorls 6-9-flowered, producing long, lax spike
Size15-20cm
Colorrose
Bloomspring, summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAcinos heterophyllus G.Don
Acinos suaveolens (Sm.) G.Don
Acinos suaveolens ssp. bulgaricus Chrtek
Acinos suaveolens ssp. kalampacanus Chrtek
Acinos suaveolens ssp. thessalicus Chrtek
Calamintha acinoides (Ten.) Nyman
Calamintha acuminata Friv.
Calamintha langei Nyman
Calamintha patavina Heldr. ex Nyman
Calamintha rotundifolia Rchb.f.
Calamintha suaveolens (Sm.) Boiss.
Melissa acinoides (Ten) Nyman
Melissa suaveolens (Sm.) Nyman
Satureja suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze
Thymus acinoides Ten.
Thymus melissoides Bernh. ex Rchb.
Thymus melissoides Schweigg.
Thymus suaveolens Sm.
Ziziphora suaveolens (Sm.) Melnikov
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey)
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