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Calamintha nepeta

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Common names

calamint

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Violet/Purple, White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Year naturalised

1944

Origin

Europe, N. Africa, S.W. Asia

Other information

Etymology

calamintha: From the Greek kala ‘good’ and mintha ‘mint’