165-168 The Barberry Bush, Mountain Calamint, The Common Calamint, White Ladies-Bed-Straw.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi.
Engl.: basil thyme, calamint, lesser calamint, mountain balm, mountain mint, nepitella.
Deu.: Kleine Bergminze, Bergminze.
Sven.: stenkyndel.
Suom.: käenminttu.
Pre-Linnaean: Calamintha minor (Salmon).
Bot. syn.:
Calamintha nepetoides Jord.,
Calamintha officinalis Moench,
Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Ktze.,
Melissa nepeta L.,
Satureja calamintha (L.) Scheele,
Satureja nepeta (L.) Scheele,
Satureja nepetoides (Jord.) Fritsch,
Thymus athonicus Bernh. ex Rchb.,
Thymus minor Trevir.,
Thymus nepeta (L.) Sm.
Pre-Linnaean: The English flora, 1825, by Sir James Edward Smith:
Thymus Calamintha. Scop. Carn. ed. 2.v.1. 425. Fl. Br.641. Engl. Bot. v. 24. t. 1676. Relh. 238.
Melissa Calamintha. Linn. Sp. Pl.827. Willd.v.3.147. Huds.263. Purt.v. 1.284. Bull. Fr.t:251. Ehrh. Pl. Off. 136. M. n. 241. Hall. Hist.v. 1.105.
Calamintha. Matth. Valgr.v.2.76.f. Camer. Epit. 481. f. Riv. Monop. Irr, t. 46. f. 2.
Calamintha vulgaris. Rati Syn. 243.
Calamintha vulgaris officinarum. Ger. Em, 697. f.
Calamintha montana. Dod. Pempt. 98. f.
Calamintha montana vulgaris. Lob. Ic. 513. f.
Pre-Linnaean: The English flora, 1825, by Sir James Edward Smith:
Thymus Nepeta. Fl. Br.642. Engl. Bot. v.20. ¢.1414. Relh. 239.
Melissa Nepeta. Linn. Sp. P1.828. Willd.v.3.147. Curt, Lond. fasc. 6. t. 40.
Melissa nepeta 240. Hall. Hist. v. 1.105.
Calamintha odore pulegii. Raii Syn. 243. Ger. Em. 687. f.
Calamintha montana. Matth. Valgr.v.2.77.f. Camer. Epit. 482. f.
Calamintha folio incano. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 47.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: Salmon 1710.
Classic texts: Salmon 1710.
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Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Flowering plant. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2000-08-23.
Closeup of flower. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2000-08-23.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
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