Clinopodium ascendens
Clinopodium ascendens, the common calamint or ascending wild basil, is a perennial plant belonging to the family Lamiaceae.Description
Clinopodium ascendens grows to about in height. This perennial rhizomatous herbaceous hemicryptophyte plant has stalked leaves and an erect hairy stem with tall flowering spikes. It produces pinkish or bluish flowers with spots on the white lower lip. They bloom from July to September.This species is a temperate Europe element. It occurs on dry, calcareous soils in hedges, roadsides, grasslands and rocky grounds.
