Plants › Mint Family
basil-thyme
Clinopodium acinos
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Rock ThymeClinopodium alpinum
ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wild BasilClinopodium vulgare
Thyme-leaf Dragon-headDracocephalum thymiflorum
American pennyroyalHedeoma pulegioides
Lesser CalamintClinopodium nepeta
Wood CalamintClinopodium menthifolium
common selfhealPrunella vulgaris
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 21,714 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 21,408 |
| Russia | 1,208 |
| Canada | 451 |
| Ontario | 388 |
| Ukraine | 343 |
| Germany | 307 |
| Austria | 263 |
| France | 197 |
| Niederösterreich | 178 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | Mint Family · Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Calamints · Clinopodium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise basil-thyme with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.