''Clinopodium dentatum'' (
syn.
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''Calamintha dentata'') is a species of flowering plant in the
mint family known by the common names toothed savory and Florida calamint. It is native to
Florida and
Georgia in the United States.
[''Calamintha dentata''.]
Center for Plant Conservation.
This bushy
shrub
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grows up to 30 to 70 centimeters tall. It is aromatic, with a mint scent. The stems have thin, peeling, gray-bron bark. The oppositely arranged yellow-green leaves are lance-shaped to oval and roughly one centimeter in length. They are hairy and glandular. The flower has a hairy, lipped
corolla
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* Corolla (headgear), an ancient headdress in the form of a circlet or crown
* ''Corolla'' (gastropod), a genus of moll ...
about 1.5 centimeters long not counting its tubular throat. It is lavender in color with a pale, dark-flecked spot on the lower lip. This is "perhaps the weediest species of the genus," and is sometimes the
dominant shrub in the habitat, becoming locally common.
[''Clinopodium dentatum''.]
The Nature Conservancy.
This plant occurs in sandy habitat such as
sandhills and the
Florida scrub. It is also able to colonize disturbed habitat such as roadsides.
[ Most occurrences are in Florida, but it is also known from ]Tattnall County, Georgia
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This plant may be threatened by the conversion of its habitat to silviculture.][
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References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Clinopodium dentatum''
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dentatum
Flora of Florida
Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
Endemic flora of the United States
Taxa named by Alvan Wentworth Chapman