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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Lamiaceae
Calamintha arkansana (Nutt.) Shinners
limestone calamint, low calamint
Calamintha: from Greek mythological figure Kalamos, the son of Maiandros (aka Meander), god of the Meander River.
arkansana: of Arkansas
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2"-8" tall forb, very aromatic, simple or with many branches; many square stems arising at the base from the short, mat-forming stolons, hairless except for the leaf nodes |
| Flower: | pink to pale purple, 5-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long, irregularly tube-shaped;  inflorescence of 2-8 flowers from the upper leaf nodes; blooms April-June |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, smooth, oval except linear on flowering stems, stalked |
| Habitat: | moist; Lake Michigan beaches, fens; in limy soil |
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