Clinopodium gracile

Family:LAMIACEAE
Species:Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
Common Name:Slender Wild Basil; Slender Calamint
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Slender Wild Basil is an introduced herbaceous perennial in the Mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and China. Slender Wild Basil has been found at scattered locations throughout most of Alabama. It grows in flower beds, in lawns, in cemeteries, on roadsides, in bottomland hardwood forests, and along streams. It is a perennial spreading by slender stolons. The stems are erect to ascending, numerous, 3-6 inches in height, square in cross section, green in color, and pubescent. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate in outline, with crenate or serrate margins. The leaves are minutely pubescent on the veins of the lower surface. Flowers are produced in whorls in the axils of the upper leaves and in leafless verticils above the leaves. The calyx is tubular, slightly pubescent with 5 ciliate teeth. The corolla is two-lipped, the upper lip is slightly notched and the lower lip is 3-lobed. The corolla is only slightly longer than the calyx and pinkish-white to pale lavender in color. The fruit is a nutlet.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyLAMIACEAE - Mint family
Genus Clinopodium
Species Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze - Slender Wild Basil; Slender Calamint

Citation

Citation Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 514. 1891.
Basionym: Calamintha gracilis Benth. 1848.
Type: INDONESIA: Java:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Calamintha gracilis Calamintha gracilis Bentham, in de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 232. 1848. INDONESIA: Java:
Calamintha gracilis var. rubella Calamintha gracilis Bentham, var. rubella Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 968. 1859. INDONESIA: Java:
Calamintha moluccana Calamintha moluccana Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 968. 1859.  
Calamintha radicans Calamintha radicans Vaniot, Bull. Acad. Int. Geogt. Bot. 14: 182. 1904. CHINA
Calamintha ussuriensis Calamintha ussuriensis Regel & Maack, in Regel, Tent. Fl.-Ussur. 116. 1862.  
Satureja gracilis Satureja gracilis (Bentham) Loesener, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(Beibl. 75): 63. 1904.Calamintha gracilis Bentham 1848. 
Satureja ussuriensis Satureja ussuriensis (Regel & Maack) Kudo, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 43: 36. 1921.Calamintha ussuriensis Regel & Maack 1862. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Cleburne, Conecuh, Greene, Jefferson, Mobile, Montgomery, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
USAM000007909 Mobile 26 Apr 1980 LeLong, Michel G.
11062
USAM
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
TROY000006412 Conecuh 01 Apr 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
11656
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
ALNHS00001855 Mobile 14 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#993
ALNHS
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
TROY000036311 Jefferson 09 Aug 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13274
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
UWFP011752 Conecuh 18 May 1996 James R. Burkhalter
14992
UWFP
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
TROY000048446 Cleburne 23 May 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
28934
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
SAMF0007118 Mobile 27 May 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3914
SAMF
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
UWAL0012582 Baldwin 24 Sep 2012 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13626
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
USAM000007907 Mobile 21 Apr 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
9667
USAM
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
UWAL0030448 Winston 13 Sep 2014 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14117
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
UWAL0016834 Mobile 25 Oct 2013 Horne, Howard E.
2439
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
UNA00073670 Blount 30 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6439
UNA
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
SAMF0005128 Tuscaloosa 22 Aug 1979 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1552
SAMF
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
TROY000052135 Montgomery 22 May 2021 Diamond, Alvin R.
29635
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
AUA_ACC_57223 Conecuh 18 May 1996 Burkhalter, James R.
14992
AUA
Clinopodium Gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
UWAL0030377 Bibb 14 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26347
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
AUA_ACC_64292 Baldwin 21 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14838
AUA
Clinopodium Gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
AUA_ACC_72110 Jefferson 9 Aug 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13274
AUA
Clinopodium Gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
UNA00063615 Baldwin 21 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14838
UNA
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
UWAL0033926 Greene 06 Apr 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9477
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
UWAL0010026 Jefferson 09 Aug 2010 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13274
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
UWAL0045949 Tallapoosa 28 May 2018 Spaulding, Daniel D.
15317a
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze
USAM000007910 Mobile 15 May 1979 LeLong, Michel G.
10804
USAM
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
UWAL0036331 Mobile 27 May 2017 Horne, Howard E.
3914
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Matsumura
TROY000047080 Blount 30 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6439
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
UWAL0011378 Blount 30 Apr 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6439
UWAL
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
TROY000006411 Baldwin 21 Oct 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14838
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
TROY000042988 Bibb 14 May 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26347
TROY
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
USAM000007908 Mobile 02 Apr 1976 LeLong, Michel G.
9136
USAM
Clinopodium gracile (Bentham) Kuntze
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