''Clinopodium ashei'' (

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''Calamintha ashei'') is a species of flowering plant in the

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known by the common names Ashe's savory and Ashe's calamint. It is native to

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and

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in the United States.''Calamintha ashei''.
Center for Plant Conservation. This bushy shrub grows up to about half a meter tall. It is aromatic. The stems have cracking, peeling bark and the newer twigs have a coat of downy hairs. The leaves are linear to narrowly oval in shape and are up to a centimeter long. They are hairy and glandular. The flower has a hairy, lipped

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about a centimeter long not counting its tubular throat. It is whitish to pale lavender in color. Blooming occurs between January and April.''Clinopodium ashei''.
The Nature Conservancy. This plant occurs in openings in

Florida scrub Florida sand pine scrub is an endangered subtropical forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrub ...

vegetation. It grows on

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along the

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. It can also be found in disturbed habitat such as roadsides. This plant is likely allelopathic, producing chemicals that hinder the growth of other plants nearby. There are 60 to 80 occurrences of the plant; in general it is uncommon but it can be common locally. The plant is the primary pollen source for the rare '' Osmia calaminthae'', the blue calamintha bee.

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External links

USDA Plants Profile for ''Clinopodium ashei''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5133891 ashei Flora of Florida Flora of Georgia (U.S. state) Endemic flora of the United States Taxa named by John Kunkel Small