Calamintha nepetoides is a perennial herb with a minty, aromatic scent and summer flowers. It suits well-drained, sandy or loamy soils of neutral to alkaline reaction and prefers full sun to partial shade. Flowering runs from July to September. Use it where its scent and late-summer flowers can be appreciated, such as rock gardens, herb plots and the front of borders.

Lesser calamint (Calamintha nepetoides) is a minty perennial that flowers July to September and suits south-facing rock, herb and border sites.

Clinopodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, in the subtribe Menthinae. Clinopodium belongs to a large and complex group of genera including many New World mints such as Hedeoma, Monarda, and Pycnanthemum, and this group is in turn a sister clade to Mentha.

Calamintha nepetoides

Lesser calamint | Calamintha nepetoides

Eremostachys laciniata is a species in the genus Eremostachys. Its taxonomic placement has been subject to revision, with several species formerly assigned to Eremostachys treated under related genera within the mint family. Because names and circumscriptions have changed between treatments, the same plant can appear under different headings in botanical literature. Check contemporary taxonomic resources when confirming identity or sourcing plants.

Eremostachys laciniata is a species of Eremostachys with a complex taxonomic history; consult current botanical sources for accepted names and provenance.

Phlomoides, also called Jerusalem sage and Lampwick plant, is a genus of over 130 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native from the eastern Mediterranean Basin through Eastern Europe, western and central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent to China, Korea, and the Russian Far East. Phlomoides now comprises many species formerly in the genus Phlomis, and the former genera Eremostachys, Lamiophlomis, Notochaete, and Pseuderemostachys.

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