Lamiaceae

Clinopodium chinense (Benth.) Kuntze

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium

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Clinopodium chinense (Clinopodium chinense) — FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 風輪菜, 风轮菜, 九层塔, 山薄荷, 苦刀草, 野凉粉草, 野凉粉藤, 野薄荷
Korean: 층층이꽃

Synonyms

Calamintha chinensis Benth.
Calamintha clinopodium var. chinensis (Benth.) Miq.
Satureja chinensis (Benth.) Briq.

Flowers

In flower: April to October (from 154 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lin Scott, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kiwi Shen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jimmy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nina Filippova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.