Lamiaceae

Slender wild basil

Clinopodium gracile (Benth.) Kuntze

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium

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Slender wild basil (Clinopodium gracile) — FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 光風輪, 细风轮草, 剪刀草, 假仙菜, 假韩酸草, 塔花, 小叶仙人草, 玉如意
English: Slender wild basil
Japanese: トウバナ

Synonyms

Calamintha argyi H.Lév.
Calamintha confinis Hance
Calamintha gracilis Benth.
Calamintha moluccana Miq.
Calamintha radicans Vaniot
Clinopodium confine (Hance) Kuntze
Clinopodium confine var. globosum C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan ex H.W.Li
Satureja confinis (Hance) Kudô
Satureja gracilis (Benth.) Nakai

Flowers

In flower: March to June (from 417 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 如此甚好, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: lejones417, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nikolas Parnell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jerry Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Greene, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.