FNPS Plant Database

Calamintha georgiana

savory, Georgia calamint
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

savory, Georgia calamint

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Calamintha georgiana

Family:

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

1-2 ft tall by 1-2 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

lavender

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

Partially deciduous. Flowers mostly late fall into winter.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Aroma/Showy Fruitsagrance

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

This small shrub can be used in a dry wildflower garden or grown as a low border along paths. It would also work as a foundation plant.

Considerations:

Difficult to establish.

Availability:

Native Nurseries

Propagation:

Seed and cuttings.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators

Flowers attract a variety of insects.

Native Habitats:

Edges of dry bluffs and roadsides through sandhill.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Citations:

Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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