Clinopodium ashei

Common name: Ashe's calamint, Ashe's savory

Synonym: Calamintha ashei

Clinopodium ashei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae ⁄ Labiatae
Genus:	Clinopodium
Species:	C. ashei
Binomial name
Clinopodium ashei (Weath.) Shinners
Natural range of Clinopodium ashei from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, C. ashei has been found in pine-oak scrub ridges and Ceratiola scrubs (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Sanidophyllum cumulicola, Osmanthus megacarpus, and Ilex cumulicola (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits have been observed January through June (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Calamintha ashei at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Epeolus erigeronis, Epeolus zonatus

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Halictus poeyi, Lasioglossum nymphalis, L. puteulanum

Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, A.perplexum, Coelioxys germana, Hoplitis truncata, Lithurgus gibbosus, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. campanulae, M. exilis parexilis, M. georgica, M. inimica, M. mendica, M. Megachile petulans, M. policaris, M. rugifrons, M. texana, Osmia calaminthae

Photo Gallery

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  Clinopodium ashei

  Photo by Kaitlin Griffith

  Archbold Biological Station

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  Clinopodium ashei

  Photo by Kaitlin Griffith

  Archbold Biological Station

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.