Taxon: Clinopodium vulgare L.

Summary

Genus:

Clinopodium

Family:

Lamiaceae (alt. Labiatae)

Subfamily:

Nepetoideae

Tribe:

Mentheae

Subtribe:

Menthinae

Nomen number:

316629

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:587. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

04/27/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (4 active, 2 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Calamintha clinopodium Spenn.
Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Cantin, P. D. & S. J. Wagstaff. 1998. A reexamination of North American Satureja s.l. (Lamiaceae) in light of molecular evidence. Brittonia 50:70.
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 213.
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1314.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. Note: = Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Halacsy
Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	cushion calamint		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	dogmint		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	wild basil		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English (Canada)	wild basil	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 213.
French (Canada)	sarriette vulgaire	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 213.
German	gewöhnlicher Wirbeldost		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1314.
Swedish	bergmynta		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria		n.	Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Western Siberia	Western Siberia	s.w.	Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Israel			Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon			Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. Note: = Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Halacsy
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria			Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. Note: = Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Halacsy
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey			Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		incl. Krym
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czechoslovakia			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Ireland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Former Yugoslavia			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sardinia, Sicily	Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec		Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois	n.e.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota	e.	Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan		Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio		Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania		Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia		Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland		Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina		Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona	s.	Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah	Washington Co.	Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere

Native
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia (s.w.)], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal

Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (n.e.), Minnesota (e.), Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.), Utah (Washington Co.)]

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Reference(s)

Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Mouterde, P. 1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. Note: = Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Halacsy
Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. Note: = Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Bee plants	honey production	Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Environmental	ornamental	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Environmental	ornamental	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=316629. Accessed 14 April 2026.