Clinopodium brownei

Browne's savory

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species:
C. brownei
Binomial name
Clinopodium brownei
(Sw.) Kuntze
Synonyms
  • Satureja brownei (Sw.) Briq.
  • Micromeria pilosiuscula (Gray) Small
  • M. brownei (Sw.) Benth.
  • Micromeria brownei (Sw.) Benth. var. pilosiuscula Gray

Clinopodium brownei, or Browne's savory, is a perennial with sprawling square stems and opposite leaves. This herb is heavily pubescent on the stem and inner and outer calyx. The corolla is bilabiate. The lips are thin and delicate and may contain hairs. The corolla color is pinkish-white to lavender and sometimes white. There are four stamens which are didynamous and epipetalis. The ovary is 4 lobed with a gynobasic style with acute apices. Under the ovary appears to be a nectiferous gland. This herb is found during late winter and early spring in marshy environments along the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, specifically from Texas through South Carolina, as well as in Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 range distribution map
  4. ^ Correll, D.S. and M.C. Johnson. 1970. Labiate (Mint Family), Micromeria. Manual of Vascular the Plants of Texas. page 1384. Texas Research Foundation. Renner.