Family |
Lamiaceae
Clinopodium barbatum
(P.H.Davis) Melnikov
Leb. Syr. Tur. Pal.
Clinopodium barbatum (Willd.) Govaerts
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, p. 179; 1983, as Calamintha vulgaris)
Life-form & habit: Erect perennial herb, 40–80 cm tall, covered with spreading pubescence; stems simple or branched.
Leaves: Ovate, shortly petiolate, obtuse, slightly crenate, rounded at base. Floral leaves oblong, slightly acute, often deflexed.
Inflorescence & flowers: Verticillasters sessile, well-spaced (often only one terminal), dense, many-flowered. Numerous plumose bristles surround the whorls and each flower.
Calyx: Curved, hirsute with spreading hairs, bilabiate; teeth ciliate and plumose, lower lip deeply divided.
Corolla: Purple, 2–3× longer than the calyx.
Phenology: Flowers from May to August.
Habitat & elevation: Shaded places and underbrush.
Lebanese distribution: Mi. Bikfaya, Bhamdoun, Faraya, Rayfoun, Douma, Bzoummar, Salima; Mm. Baskinta, Bcharré, Ehden, forest of Ehden, Col de Zahlé, Fnaideq, Dimane–Hasroun, Bazoun; S. Mm. Slenfé; NLatt. Kessab, Cassius, Chakrourane, Froulok, ‘Aïn Haramiyé.
Native range: Europe, Siberia, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Lebanon, Syria