Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze (syn. Acinos suaveolens (Sibth. & Sm.) G. Don)

Taxonomy: Fam. Lamiaceae// Genus: Clinopodium// Species: Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972) as Acinos suaveolens (Sibth. & Sm.) G. Don. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze.

Distribution: Native from Italy and Southeast Europe to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open and dry habitats – hill pastures, dry grasslands, rocky terrains.

Lifeform: Perrenial – hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Late spring – summer: MAY, JUN, JUL.

Clinopodium suaveolens – habit in habitat. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” locality near Kochani, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit in habitat. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” locality near Kochani, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” locality near Kochani, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens -verticillasters. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” locality near Kochani, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – leaves. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” locality near Kochani, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems with verticillaters. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems with verticillaters. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems with verticillaters. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 13.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens -flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village Beli, 31.05.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit in habitat. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems. Southern foot of Osogovo Mountains, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stem with verticillasters. Southern foot of Osogovo, “Kochanski dol” near Kochani, 05.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – habit. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stems with verticillasters. Hills near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stem. Specimen found in the hilly region near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens – flowering stem. Specimen found in the hilly region near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens close-up. A: leaves; B: flowers; C: flowering stem. Specimen found in the hilly region near Kochani, 10.07.2020 Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Clinopodium suaveolens. A: flowers; B: leaves.  Specimen found in the hilly region near Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Clinopodium suaveolens (Sm.) Kuntze. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445868-1 [Accessed 16.02.2022].

Clinopodium suaveolens. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=43597&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 16.02.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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