Clinopodium calamintha Lamiaceae Lesser Calamint

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Description - This is a pleasant smelling plant with greyish leaves and pink mint flowers.

Habitat - This plant is found on dry hedgebanks in Guernsey and on the sandy Herm Common

Comments - It is found in Guernsey only in a small area east of the Reservoir, and in a few other scattered localities. However, it is common in Herm. It is not found in the other Channel Islands.

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