Image to followAI-generated illustrationClinopodium menthifolium
Clinopodium menthifolium
FamilyGenus: Clinopodiumnative in Germany
🌿
8
Species
interact
🔗
8
Interactions
documented
About this species
A native herbaceous perennial that grows in partial shade on moderately moist, neutral to slightly acid soils. It bears broad leaves and produces flowers from July to September, typically reaching about half a metre in height.
Ecological network
Click to highlight connections · Click again to open the species page
Loading network...
Pollination
Ecological significance
Native wildflower; contributes to local plant communities.
Annual cycle
Flowers from July to September.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Halbschatten
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Jul – Sep
Soil reaction
Basisch / Kalkhold
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.545 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
•
Light: partial shade
•
Moisture: moderately moist, well-drained soil
•
Soil: normal garden soil, neutral to slightly acid
•
Maintenance: naturally occurs in low-disturbance habitats, so it needs little intervention once established
Scientific profile
Clinopodium menthifolium is a broad-leaved, non-woody herbaceous plant native to Great Britain. It typically attains a height around 0.5 m and favours warm, partially shaded sites with fresh, mesotrophic, neutral to weakly acid soils. The flowering period extends from July to September.
Pollinators & visitors
8 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Bombus hypnorumBombus humilisLasioglossum morioBombus lapidariusBombus pascuorumBombus sylvestrisBombus lucorumApis mellifera
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Checklist Alien Plants Belgium — Verloove F (2023), Botanic Garden Meise (CC BY 4.0)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
All data is licensed under CC BY 4.0, CC0, or compatible terms. Attribution according to license conditions. Full source overview →