Scientific name: Clinopodium menthifolium (Host) Stace
Common name: Wood Calamint
Description
Habit: A annual or perennial, to 60 cm high.
Stems: Erect, square.
Leaves: Opposite, undivided, oval-lanceolate, tapering, 3-7 cm long.
Flowers: Pale pinkish-purple, zygomorphic, in axillary whorl-like clusters forming a diffuse, terminal spike; calyx tubular, of five fused sepals, 2-lipped, 6-10 mm long, the lower lip with 2 long and narrow teeth, the upper lip with 3 broad teeth; corolla tubular, of 5 fused petals, 2-lipped, lower lip 3-lobed, upper lip not hooded, 15-20 mm; stamens 4, attached to the corolla, usually in two pairs, one longer than the other; ovary superior.
Fruits: A group of 4 1-seeded nutlets.
Habitat: Limestone pavement, roadsides, gravelly soil.Distribution: Occasional to rare.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No