Clinopodium vulgare

ClassificationDicots
FamilyLamiaceae
Family (Traditional)Lamiaceae
GenusClinopodium
Species:Clinopodium vulgare L.
Common NameWild Basil
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: Europe; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; 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; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Ovules per Carpel: 2; Ovules per Carpel: 3; Ovules per Carpel: 4; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNR] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** 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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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
Calamintha vulgaris Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Halácsy non Clairv.
Clinopodium clinopodium Clinopodium clinopodium
Clinopodium vulgare subsp. vulgare Clinopodium vulgare subsp. vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare var. neogaea Clinopodium vulgare var. neogaea (Fern.) C.F. Reed
Satureja vulgaris Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Satureja vulgaris var. diminuta Satureja vulgaris var. diminuta (Simon) Fern. & Wieg.
Satureja vulgaris var. neogaea Satureja vulgaris var. neogaea Fern.

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: Bell (KY), Carter (KY), Clay (KY), Floyd (KY), Franklin (KY), Grant (KY), Hickman (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Livingston (KY), Madison (KY), Pike (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Anderson (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hancock (TN), Hawkins (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), Madison (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN), Wilson (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1940 - 2020

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100491347 Laurel Kentucky 23 Jun 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-1142
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491297 Clay Kentucky 22 Jul 2003 Gina Morris
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
N/A Grant Kentucky 30 Jul 2009 Landon & Adam McKinney
10186
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491313 Franklin Kentucky 24 Jul 1981 Steven Rice
FR-562
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491354 Laurel Kentucky 13 Jul 1985 Ralph L. Thompson
85-467
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491305 Floyd Kentucky 07 Jul 1982 Raymond Athey
4665
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491420 Morgan Tennessee 21 Jul 1996 Henry R. DeSelm
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491446 Scott Tennessee 22 Jun 1990 Ronald Jones
6453
EKY
Satureja vulgaris
31234100491339 Laurel Kentucky 15 Oct 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-2826
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491438 Putnam Tennessee 19 Sep 1975 Ronald L. Jones
1088
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491412 Cumberland Tennessee 01 Aug 1988 Ronald L. Jones
5486
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
BEREA016045 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016040 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016046 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
31234100491370 Madison Kentucky 14 Jul 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-523
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
N/A Grant Kentucky 30 Jul 2009 Landon & Adam McKinney
10186
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491289 Carter Kentucky 30 Jun 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
10523
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491362 Madison Kentucky 18 Oct 1994 Gary W. Libby
OB-906
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
31234100491271 Bell Kentucky 19 Jul 1965 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
BEREA016044 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU005097 Unicoi Tennessee 08 Oct 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189685 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189681 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189675 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189660 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189782 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU020265 Van Buren Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU020259 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU028795 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
31234100237047 Scott Tennessee 22 Jun 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6453
EKY
Clinopodium vulgare
BEREA016043 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016038 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189676 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189780 Floyd Kentucky
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189665 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189781 Floyd Kentucky
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189684 White Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189682 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189663 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
APSC0012390 Loudon Tennessee
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
APSC0085133 Letcher Kentucky
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
APSC0017289 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
HTTU020258 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU028991 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU007404 Johnson Tennessee 06 Jul 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189649 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189666 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189646 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189654 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189655 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189779 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189669 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189670 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
APSC0012391 Fentress Tennessee
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
APSC0012392 Montgomery Tennessee 31 Aug 1947 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
APSC0079550 Floyd Kentucky 12 Sep 1988
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
HTTU020263 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU020260 Morgan Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU020261 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016042 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU007401 Unicoi Tennessee 23 Jun 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
N/A Carter Tennessee 04 Jul 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU005004 Johnson Tennessee 28 Sep 2013 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189658 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189677 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189648 Carter Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189650 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189778 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189683 White Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
APSC0055662 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
HTTU033374 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
BRIT127888 Johnson Tennessee 04 Sep 1940 Collection of Jesse M. Shaver
7940
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU018583 Hawkins Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU018578 Unicoi Tennessee 14 Aug 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU007403 Unicoi Tennessee 21 Jun 2011 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
N/A Carter Tennessee 14 Jun 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189661 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189679 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189673 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189647 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
UCHT008816 Cumberland Tennessee
UCHT
Satureja vulgaris
APSC0077592 Pike Kentucky 08 Aug 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
APSC0073053 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
APSC0076433 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
HTTU021576 Fentress Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU028767 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
BRIT127891 Unicoi Tennessee 01 Sep 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
7938
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU034867 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU025746 Johnson Tennessee 01 Oct 2013 Adam McCullough
DOEM 0378
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189680 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189662 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189656 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189667 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189653 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189657 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
MTSU020409 Cumberland Tennessee 07 Aug 1996 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Satureja vulgaris
BRIT127883 Cumberland Tennessee 12 Jun 1987 R. Kral
74028
VDB
Satureja vulgaris
BRIT127892 Unicoi Tennessee 01 Sep 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
64196
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU018584 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU018585 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU018580 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016047 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU007402 Unicoi Tennessee 08 Oct 2009 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189672 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189783 Livingston Kentucky
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189668 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189674 Putnam Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
APSC0101982 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
HTTU021575 Cumberland Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU028761 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU018581 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU025304 Carter Tennessee 10 Jul 2012 Adam McCullough
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU034866 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU018579 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
N/A Loudon Tennessee 19 Apr 2020 Woodrow Loftis
6
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU035884 White Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189652TENN-V-0189653 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
UCHT025636 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU018582 Hamblen Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
HTTU036342 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016041 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
BEREA016039 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189671 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189659 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189651 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189652 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189664 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
TENN-V-0189678 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
APSC0076424 Laurel Kentucky
APSC
Clinopodium vulgare
HTTU020264 Kentucky
HTTU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU031754 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU034862 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU034871 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
TENN-V-0241470 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Satureja vulgaris
BRIT127887 Johnson Tennessee 04 Sep 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
7936
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
BRIT127889 Johnson Tennessee 04 Sep 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
7954
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU034870 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU018586 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
ETSU018588 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Satureja vulgaris
UCHT035489 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Clinopodium vulgare
UCHT040515 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Clinopodium vulgare
BRIT127885 Cumberland Tennessee 29 Aug 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
7950
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
BRIT127893 White Tennessee 30 Jul 1947 R. E. Shanks
3764
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
BRIT127890 Morgan Tennessee 29 Aug 1977 David H. Webb
1050
VDB
Satureja vulgaris
BRIT127886 Cumberland Tennessee 29 Aug 1940 Jesse M. Shaver
7937
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU034865 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU034869 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
ETSU018587 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Clinopodium vulgare
BRIT236649 Polk Tennessee
VDB
Clinopodium vulgare
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Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Dwayne Estes
Clinopodium vulgare - Joey Shaw
Clinopodium vulgare - Joey Shaw
Clinopodium vulgare - Theo Witsell
Clinopodium vulgare - Theo Witsell
Clinopodium vulgare - Theo Witsell
Clinopodium vulgare - Theo Witsell
Clinopodium vulgare - Theo Witsell
Clinopodium vulgare - Theo Witsell
Clinopodium vulgare - Joey Shaw
Clinopodium vulgare - Joey Shaw