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| name = ''Calamintha''
| name = ''Calamintha''
| image = Calamintha grandiflora2.jpg
| common_names = Calamint
| image_width = 240px
| growth_habit = herbaceous{{SSN}}
| image_caption = ''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]''
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| lifespan = perennial{{SSN}}
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| exposure = full sun, light-shade{{SSN}}
| genus = '''''Calamintha'''''
| water = moderate{{SSN}}
| genus_authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| subdivision =
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones = 2-9, 14-24, 31-41{{SSN}}
| color = IndianRed
| image = Calamintha grandiflora0.jpg
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = Calamintha grandiflora
| regnum = Plantae
|unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
|unranked_classis = Eudicots
|unranked_ordo = Asterids
|ordo = Lamiales
|familia = Lamiaceae
|genus = Calamintha
| species =
| subspecies =
| cultivar =
}}
}}
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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''Calamintha'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora albitarsella]]''.
==Species==
*''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]'' is an [[ornamental plant]], which is usually called Large-Flowered Calamint.
Species{{SSN}}
*''[[Calamintha acinos]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Acinos arvensis]]'', the [[Basil]] [[Thyme]]
*''[[Calamintha alpina]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Acinos alpinus]]'', the Alpine Calamint
*''[[Calamintha ascendens]]'' - a synonym for ''Calamintha sylvatica''
*''[[Calamintha ashei]]''
*''[[Calamintha baetica]]'' - a synonym for ''Calamintha sylvatica''
*''[[Calamintha chinensis]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Clinopodium chinense]]''
*''[[Calamintha clinopodium]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Clinopodium vulgare]]'', the Wild [[Basil]]
*''[[Calamintha coccinea]]''
*''[[Calamintha dentata]]''
*''[[Calamintha exigua]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Acinos rotundifolius]]''
*''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]'' - Large-Flowered Calamint, an [[ornamental plant]].
*''[[Calamintha graveolens]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Acinos rotundifolius]]''
*''[[Calamintha nepeta]]'' - Lesser Calamint, used as an herb in Italian cuisine, where it is called ''nipitella'' or ''nepitella''[http://www.crimson-sage.com/shop/?shop=1&itemid=100157]
*''[[Calamintha nepetoides]]'' - a synonym for ''Calamintha nepeta''
**''[[Calamintha nepeta subsp. nepeta]]''
*''[[Calamintha officinalis]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Calamintha sylvatica]]''
*''[[Calamintha sylvatica]]'', Common Calamint, a low-growing plant with a minty smell and lavender [[flower]]s. It prefers alkaline [[soil]]. The [[Leaf|leaves]] can be used to make [[tea]].
**''[[Calamintha sylvatica ascendens]]'' - an earlier name for ''[[Calamintha sylvatica]]''
*''[[Calamintha umbrosa]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Clinopodium umbrosum]]''
*''[[Calamintha vulgaris]]'' - a synonym for ''[[Clinopodium vulgare]]'', The Wild Basil
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==Gallery==
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==References==
<!--- *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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