Common name:
Wild basil
Family:
Scientific name:
Clinopodium vulgare
Main flower color:
Range:
England and Wales; commonest in the south
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, especially on calcareous soils
Flowers:
The corolla is pink, tubular, up to 22 mm long, with short hairs on the outside and two lines of white bristles down the middle of the lower lip, while the calyx has a green tube and narrow, purplish lobes (three longer than the other two), all covered by long silky hairs. Flowers form in dense whorls, with just a few in bloom at any one time; the remainder of the calyces are empty
Leaves:
Opposite, stalked, ovate, hairy, stalked, up to 2.5 cm long, lined by very shallow teeth
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
