Lamiaceae FAMILY
Clinopodium vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Clinopodium vulgare is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.45 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeMost of Europe, including Britain, south and west to N. Africa, Siberia, central and western Asia.
HabitatHeaths and dry grassy places, usually on calcareous soils[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].