Calamintha

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Calamintha
Calamintha grandiflora
Calamintha grandiflora
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Calamintha
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Species
See text.


Calamintha is a genus of plants that belongs to the family Lamiaceae. There are about thirty species in the genus which is native to the northern temperate regions of Europe and Asia.

Species include:

  • Calamintha officinalis, a low-growing plant with a minty smell and lavender flowers. It prefers alkaline soil. The leaves can be used to make tea.

Calamintha species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora albitarsella.

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