Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972) as Calamintha sylvatica subsp. ascendens (Jordan) P. W. Ball, Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc.65: 346 (1972). The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens (Jord.) Govaerts, World Checklist Seed Pl. 3(1): 17. 1999.
Distribution: Native from West Europe to South Europe, the Baltic States, Ukraine and Turkey; Northwest Africa; Macaronesia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Clearings and edges of forests.
Lifeform: Perennial, hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiaer system.
Flowering period: Summer: JUL, AUG.
Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowering stems. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowering stem with cymes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowering stem with cymes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowering stem with cymes. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – stems with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – stem. Osogovo, mountain ridge between the gorges of “Golema” River and “Orizarska” River, near village of Krushka, 08.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowering stems with cymes. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Clinopodium menthifolium subsp. ascendens – flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, 15.08.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
