Clinopodium georgianum R.M. Harper. Common name: Georgia Calamint. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhill, dry rocky or sandy woodlands. Distribution: S. NC south to Panhandle FL and west to LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: There has been longstanding uncertainty about the appropriate nomenclature to apply to this species; it may be that a name based on the epithet "carolinianum" is the appropriate and code-compliant name.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, S, Cantino & Wagstaff (1998); = Calamintha georgiana (R.M.Harper) Shinners — Fl6, WH3, Shinners (1962a); = Satureja georgiana (R.M.Harper) H.E.Ahles — RAB; >< Satureja caroliniana (Michx.) Briq., misapplied and/or preoccupied. Basionym: Clinopodium georgianum R.M.Harper 1906 "Urbasionym:" Calamintha caroliniana (Walter) Nutt. 1818
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, shrubby perennial of longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry oak-hickory forests and other dry, rocky or sandy woodlands.
Stems: Stems woody, sometimes slightly 4-angled, branched and with the twigs hairy; older stems have tan, shredding bark.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long, gland-dotted and aromatic.
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Flowers: Flowers in elongate, terminal clusters of 3-9 flowers mixed with leaflike bracts; lavender to pale pink, about 1/2 in. long, tubular with 2 flaring lips, the upper one notched and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with purple.
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Height: 1-2 ft.
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description: Erect, shrubby perennial of longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry oak-hickory forests and other dry, rocky or sandy woodlands.
stems: Stems woody, sometimes slightly 4-angled, branched and with the twigs hairy; older stems have tan, shredding bark.
leaves: Leaves opposite, short-petiolate, oval to elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long, gland-dotted and aromatic.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in elongate, terminal clusters of 3-9 flowers mixed with leaflike bracts; lavender to pale pink, about 1/2 in. long, tubular with 2 flaring lips, the upper one notched and the lower 3-lobed and speckled with purple.
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native range: southeastern United States
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