Asian calamint

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Clinopodium chinense (Benth.) Kuntze

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Clinopodium L. (トウバナ)

C. chinense (Benth.) Kuntze

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan
Habitat: hillsides, grasslands, thickets and forests
Chromosome number: 2n = 38
ssp. chinense (オキナワクルマバナ), the type
ssp. glabrescens (Nakai) H. Hara (アオミヤマトウバナ), hairless Asian calamint
ssp. grandiflorum (Maxim.) Hara (クルマバナ, s.l.)

var. parviflorum (Kudo) Hara (クルマバナ, s.s., 車花), small-flower Asian calamint
Calyx: violet
Synonyms:

- var. grandiflorum (Maxim.) H. Hara
- ssp. grandiflorum (Maxim.) H. Hara var. parviflorum (Kudô) H. Hara
- urticifolium (Hance) C. Y. Wu et Hsuan
Satureia chinensis (Benth.) Briq., p. p.
f. setilobum H. Hara (ニッコウクルマバナ)

var. shibetchense Koidz. (ヤマクルマバナ, 山車花), mountain Asian calamint
Calyx: white - pale pink
Synonyms:

- var. glabrescens (Nakai) Ohwi
- ssp. glabrescens (Nakai) H. Hara
- kunashirense Probat.
- japonicum Makino
- umbrosum (M. Bieb.) K. Koch var. shibetchense (H. Lév.) McKean

f. albiflorum H. Hara (シロバナクルマバナ)

Clinopodium chinense in Hokkaido

ssp. grandiflorum (Maxim.) Hara (クルマバナ, s.l.)

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[1-3] near the former skislope for the Winter Olympic Games on Mount Eniwa beside Shikotsu Lake on August 27 2022.

var. shibetchense Koidz. (ヤマクルマバナ)

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[1-3] on a hillside of cliff near the Muroran Marine Experimental Station of Hokkaido University September 3 2018.