Lamiaceae

C. vulgare L., Sp. Pl. 587 (1753). Figure 11.
Stem ± erect, 20-70 cm, pubescent or densely pilose. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or obtuse-truncate at base, shallowly or conspicuously serrate. Verticillasters dense-flowered. Bracteoles linear, c. as long as calyx, plumose. Calyx 7-12 mm, densely hirsute-pilose, lower teeth 2-5.5 mm, upper teeth 1.5-4 mm. Corolla 11-20 mm, purple, 2-3 x as long as calyx.
1. Calyx 7-9.5 mm, lower teeth 2-4 mm, upper teeth 1.5-2.5 mm subsp. vulgare
1. Calyx 9.5-12 mm, lower teeth 4-5.5(-7) mm, upper teeth 2.5-4 mm subsp. arundanum
subsp. vulgare. Syn: Clinopodium plumosum Sieber in Flora 5: 242 (1822); Melissa clinopodium Bentham, Lab. Gen. Sp. 392 (1834)! Calamintha clinopodium (Bentham) Bentham in DC, Prodr. 12:233 (1848)! Satureja clinopodium (Bentham) Caruel in Pari. Fl. Ital. 6:135 (1883)! Satureja vulgaris
(L.) Fritsch, Exkursionsfl. Österr. 477 (1897)! Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Druce in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 1906:224(1906)! Clinopodium vulgare L. var.glabrata Vandas, Rel. Form. 478 (1909). Ic: Hegi, I11. Fl. Mittel-Eur. 5(4):2296 t. 3201 f. 6 (1927). Fl. 6-9. Open forest, meadows, rocky slopes, s.l-2500 m.
Described from Europe and Canada (Hb. Linn. 742/1!).
Common in N. Turkey; local elsewhere. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Yenice, S. of Inecik, c. 610 m, E. Anglia Exped. F14! A1(A) Balikesir: Marmara adasi, A. Baytop (ISTE 13761)! A3 Bolu: Koru Motel, 14 km W. of Bolu, 820 m, 28 viii 1972, Shmida & Luria. A4 Ankara: d. Çamlidere, Tecrube Orman, 1350 m, Alpay (!). A5 Sinop: S. of Ayancik, about 5 km above Yenikonak on Gökçeağaç road, Jenkins 2214! A6 Samsun: Kirazlık, 3 m, Tobey 872! A7 Giresun: Yavuzkemal, 1500 m, D. 20772! A8 Çoruh: Şavval Tepe above Murgul, 1400 m, D. 32402! A9 Kars: 60 km from Ardahan to Artvin, 1910 m, Buttler 14577(0. B2 Kütahya: Murat Da., Sobalan, 1450 m, Çirpici (ISTF 32065)! B3 Eskişehir: Mihaliççik, 1500 m, D. 37206! B5 Nevşehir: Göreme, 800 m, Shmida & Lev-Ari (!). C3 Isparta: Dedegöl Da., 1400 m, Sorger 68-43-54(0. C5 Içel: Gözne, 1000-1100 m, 16 viii 1931, Eig & M. Zohary (I). C6 Maraş: Maraş, 610 m, 21 vii 1865, Hausskn. (!). Is: Samos, mt. Kerki, 1000-1450 m, Runem. & Snog. 16935 (det. Bothmer).
Europe (rare in E. & extreme S.), Caucasia, N. Iran, to Himalayas & E. Siberia; N. America. In the Old World centred in the Euro-Siberian region. Davis 32296 (A8 Çoruh: Murgul, 2500 m) is a dwarf gathering from alpine scree, and is exceptional in having a sparse crisped indumentum on stems and leaves.