Satureja calamintha Calflora

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Taxon Report

Satureja calamintha (L.) Scheele

Lesser calamint

2021 Cynthia Powell

2017 Adam Chasey

Satureja calamintha is a perennial herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~3 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. ascendens
Genus:	Satureja
Family:	Lamiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Calamintha nepeta ssp. glandulosa
OTHER	Calamintha sylvatica
POWO	Clinopodium nepeta ssp. spruneri

Information about Satureja calamintha from other sources


USDA PLANTS Profile (CANEG) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/13/2025).