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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Calamintha''
| image = Calamintha grandiflora2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Calamintha'''''
| genus_authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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 [[flower]]s. It prefers alkaline [[soil]]. The [[Leaf|leaves]] can be used to make [[tea]].
''Calamintha'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora albitarsella]]''.
*''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]'' is an [[ornamental plant]], which is usually called Large-Flowered Calamint.
{{Lamiaceae-stub}}
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Calamintha''
| image = Calamintha grandiflora2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = '''''Calamintha'''''
| genus_authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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 [[flower]]s. It prefers alkaline [[soil]]. The [[Leaf|leaves]] can be used to make [[tea]].
''Calamintha'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora albitarsella]]''.
*''[[Calamintha grandiflora]]'' is an [[ornamental plant]], which is usually called Large-Flowered Calamint.
{{Lamiaceae-stub}}
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
