Clinopodium talladeganum
species of plant
Clinopodium talladeganum, commonly known as the Talladega wild basil, is a perennial vascular shrub in the mint family. C. talladeganum is endemic to a small area in three counties of Alabama.
Description
Clinopodium talladeganum is about twelve to eighteen inches tall. The stems are woody and pubescent. Within the first year, the pubescence spreads to curved hairs, while within the second year, the bark starts to peel, and by the third year, it becomes glabrous. When the bark peels, the nodes are bearded sometimes, and the distances between the nodes, the internodes, is around 8-25mm. The leaves are pubescent, petiolate, and opposite with 1-6 mm petioles; the base is cuneate, while the apex is acute.
The inflorescence of Clinopodium talladeganum is in axillary glomerules, which have 2-20 nodes, 2-8 flowered, the pedicels are 1.5-2 mm, and it is very pubescent. The flowers are pale lavender in late summer, occurring in 3-9 cymes. The flowers have a calyx that is around 4-5 mm long and tubular, green and purple, and it is pubescent on the ribs and along the margin, where the trichomes are erect.
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