Photographs: near Kinsale, Co. Cork

Common Calamint Clinopodium ascendens Cailmint Family: Lamiaceae Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Native. Whorls of pinkish-white flowers with darker spots on the lower lip. The stalked, oval leaves are +/- shallow-toothed with adpressed hairs. An erect, hairy, slightly branched rhizomatous plant. Height 30-60cm. Scattered distribution in Ireland but mainly found in the southern half on dry, calcareous soils on roadsides, rough grassland and rocky ground. Found on walls in Waterford and Wexford.

Common Calamint, Clinopodium ascendens, Cailmint