Cunila origanoides

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLamiaceae
Family (Traditional)Lamiaceae
GenusCunila
Species:Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton
Common NameDittany
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BEH; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Reproductive Phenology: December; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: Yes; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Nut; Fruit Type: Nutlet; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 7
StatusNative; KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Cunila marina Cunila marina L.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Boyd (KY), Breathitt (KY), Bullitt (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Crittenden (KY), Elliott (KY), Estill (KY), Floyd (KY), Garrard (KY), Greenup (KY), Harlan (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lee (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Menifee (KY), Montgomery (KY), Morgan (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Union (KY), Webster (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Fentress (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Washington (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: MEM, KNK, UCHT, APSC, EKY, HTTU, ETSU, BEREA, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100854056 Powell Kentucky 16 Sep 1988 R. C. Clark
21827
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492436 Powell Kentucky 22 Sep 2004 Timothy J. Weckman
9036
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492212 Crittenden Kentucky 13 May 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3693
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492378 Menifee Kentucky 20 Aug 1989 Carol Hanley
179
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492220 Estill Kentucky 21 Oct 1988 Richard G. Guetig
956
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31973000014601 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31973000014603 Madison Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31973000014605 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31973000014595 Morgan Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31973000014597 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190778 Powell Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190704 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190697 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190733 Union Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
31234100492428 Powell Kentucky 08 Sep 1955 B. B. McInteer
1091
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492139 Bell Kentucky 15 Oct 1966 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492279 Garrard Kentucky 09 Aug 1983 Donna A. Godbey
475
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492303 Jackson Kentucky 01 Aug 1992 Joe Abner
92-71
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492329 Letcher Kentucky 04 Oct 1974 J. Stuart Lassetter
2373
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015627 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015632 Union Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015620 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015628 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190700 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190776 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190774 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011747 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011733 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011750 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
31234100492188 Caldwell Kentucky 09 Sep 1992 Landon E. McKinney
5206
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492238 Elliott Kentucky 31 Aug 2012 M. Greene
NA
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492444 Powell Kentucky 29 Jul 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
5244
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492477 Wolfe Kentucky 20 Jul 1991 Carol J. Way
166
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015625 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015633 Webster Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
31973000014602 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31973000014596 Greenup Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190791 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190693 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190748 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190701 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190696 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0102577 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
31234100492287 Garrard Kentucky 05 Oct 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
8174
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492337 Letcher Kentucky 26 Aug 1978 Jeffrey D. Sole
474
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492352 Lyon Kentucky 10 Sep 1968 Raymond Athey
439
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492345 Logan Kentucky 03 Oct 1975 Ronald L. Jones
1158
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015624 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190702 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190707 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190775 Garrard Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190734 Union Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190705 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190722 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0083125 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011755 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011738 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011756 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
31234100854064 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R. C. Clark
21664
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492246 Estill Kentucky 25 Sep 1987 Richard G. Guetig
420
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015630 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
31973000014600 Powell Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190698 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190724 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190699 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190730 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190727 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190736 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
UCHT007701 Stewart Tennessee 29 Aug 1966 Billy Evans
02483
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011728 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011746 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011734 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011730 Montgomery Tennessee 13 Oct 1956 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Cunila origanoides
31234100492402 Pike Kentucky 17 Jul 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10786
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015622 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015621 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190751 Harlan Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190720 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190713 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190728 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0094256 Garrard Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0083124 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011752 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011729 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011753 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011751 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
HTTU017890 Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034611 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190706 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190777 Powell Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190694 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190747 Bath Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0083126 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034608 Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025740 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025733 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025739 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025728 Perry Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034593 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
MEM002686 Breathitt Kentucky 06 Aug 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
7867
MEM
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034594 Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
HTTU027640 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
APSC0082105 Lee Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0071794 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011737 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034612 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
MEM006974 Marshall Kentucky 31 Aug 1972 Raymond Athey
2074
MEM
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011754 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011748 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011739 Sevier Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190726 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190793 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190723 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015623 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
31234100492170 Caldwell Kentucky 29 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5688
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492295 Jackson Kentucky 28 Aug 1982 Ronald L. Jones
3947
EKY
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190749 Bullitt Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190717 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190715 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190712 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190735 Union Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
HTTU017896 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
HTTU028433 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025738 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025737 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
31973000014594 Bath Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
ETSU006403 Greene Tennessee 17 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cunila origanoides
31234100492410 Powell Kentucky 08 Oct 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne
4913
EKY
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011736 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011735 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011731 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
HTTU017895 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190709 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190725 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015631 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
31234100492204 Carter Kentucky 15 Aug 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
11124
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492360 McLean Kentucky 29 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4744
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492196 Carter Kentucky 15 Aug 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
11132.5
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492154 Caldwell Kentucky 29 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5688
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100854049 Powell Kentucky 14 Jul 1985 Doris Taylor
102
EKY
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011745 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011757 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
HTTU024512 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
HTTU017891 Caldwell Kentucky
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0243990 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190692 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190710 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
31973000014593 Boyd Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31973000014599 Rowan Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
31234100492311 Knox Kentucky 20 Sep 1993 Deborah White
s.n.
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492469 Webster Kentucky 01 Oct 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2152
EKY
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025734 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025732 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
ETSU032324 Monroe Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Cunila origanoides
31234100792512 Knox Kentucky
EKY
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025735 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
BEREA024483 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190703 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190750 Christian Kentucky
TENN
Cunila origanoides
ETSU007369 Unicoi Tennessee 12 Aug 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cunila origanoides
31234100492386 Menifee Kentucky 26 Aug 1989 Carol Hanley
192
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492261 Garrard Kentucky 31 Aug 1983 Donna A. Godbey
499
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492121 Bath Kentucky 27 Jul 1984 Julian Campbell
770
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492162 Caldwell Kentucky 20 May 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3718
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492253 Floyd Kentucky 04 Oct 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8382
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015634 Webster Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015626 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190732 Stewart Tennessee 29 Aug 1966 Billy Evans
2483
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190711 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190738 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190718 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190695 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011749 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0118637 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
HTTU024513 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
HTTU017892 Kentucky
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
MEM017719 Carlisle Kentucky 26 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4506
MEM
Cunila origanoides
HTTU027639 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011732 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190721 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190708 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190729 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190737 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190714 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
31234100492147 Bullitt Kentucky 13 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6449
EKY
Cunila origanoides
31234100492451 Union Kentucky 01 Oct 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2176
EKY
Cunila origanoides
BEREA015629 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Cunila origanoides
31973000014598 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190719 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190716 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011744 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0074646 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0079554 Breathitt Kentucky
APSC
Cunila origanoides
APSC0011740 Hawkins Tennessee
APSC
Cunila origanoides
HTTU024511 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034610 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025730 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT034609 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
UCHT025731 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cunila origanoides
HTTU027570 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cunila origanoides
TENN-V-0190731 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Cunila origanoides
31234100492394 Montgomery Kentucky 29 Jun 1984 Julian Campbell
549
EKY
Cunila origanoides
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Cunila origanoides - Joey Shaw
Cunila origanoides - Joey Shaw
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