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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Lamiaceae
Clinopodium vulgare L.
wild-basil
Clinopodium: Greek for "bed-foot," referring to flower's likeness to bed-castors
vulgare: Latin for "common"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 5"-24" tall, aromatic forb; stems square; roots with short stolons |
| Flower: | pink to white, 5-parted, 1/2" long, irregularly tube-shaped;  inflorescence of many flowers in rounded, dense, widely separated whorls from the upper leaf axils; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | 1-seeded nutlet |
| Leaf: | opposite, lance-like to ovate, usually less than 3 times as long as wide |
| Habitat: | shade to partial shade; woods, forests |
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