Clinopodium grandiflorum, also known as large-flowered calamint or mint savory, is a perennial herb with pink flowers and ovate green leaves. It is mainly found in certain mountains of western and southern Europe, growing above 700 meters in beech forests. This ornamental plant has various uses, including culinary and medicinal purposes. In some regions of France, it is even used as an infusion called "thé d'Aubrac" for its digestive properties. Overall, C. grandiflorum is a beautiful and versatile plant that can be enjoyed both in the garden and in the kitchen.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Satureja grandiflora var. glandulosa	Bosnjak	Unknown Publ.
Acinos grandiflorus	G.Don ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 239. 1830
Calamintha atlantica	Coss.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 9: 176 (1862)
Calamintha grandiflora var. glabrata	Vandas	Reliq. Forman. 478. 1909
Calamintha grandiflora f. glandulosa	(Bosnjak) Šilić	Glasn. Zemaljsk. Muz. Bosne Hercegovine Sarajevu. Prir. Nauke 13: 113. 1975 [1974 publ. 1975]
Calamintha grandiflora f. oblongifolia	Rohlena	Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 39: 10 1902
Calamintha grandiflora f. rhombifolia	Rohlena	Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 39: 10 1902
Calamintha mairei	Sennen	Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 32: 53 (1933 publ. 1934)
Calamintha montana	Garsault	Fig. Pl. Méd. : t. 189 (1764)
Melissa grandiflora var. micrantha	K.Koch	Linnaea 17: 296. 1844
Calamintha grandiflora var. micrantha	(K.Koch) K.Koch	Linnaea 21: 673 1849
Clinopodium grandiflorum	(L.) Stace	Watsonia 17(4): 443. 1989

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Language	Common/alternative name
Persian	نعنای زیبای گلدرشت
Macedonian	Шумски чај
Dutch	grote steentijm
os	Цъоза
Russian	душевик крупноцветковый
Russian	drymosíphon grandiflórus
Russian	Пахучка крупноцветковая

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Clinopodium grandiflorum subsp. baborense	(Batt.) Govaerts	World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 17 (1999)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Africa click to expand
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Morocco

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- Western Asia
  - Iran
  - Turkey

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- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Switzerland
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Kriti
  - Romania
  - Sicilia
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse
  - France
  - Spain

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000891748
INPN	91904
Flora of Italy	4588
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:445789-1
The Plant List	kew-43539
Open Tree Of Life	979440
NCBI Taxonomy	887129
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000034349
IPNI	445789-1
iNaturalist	366821
Freebase	/m/0fpgdg
EPPO	CATGR
USDA GRIN	457452
Wikipedia	Clinopodium_grandiflorum
Plantarium	91276
GBIF	7437438

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Medicinal ethnobotany of wild plants: a cross-cultural comparison around Georgia-Turkey border, the Western Lesser Caucasus

Kazancı C, Oruç S, Mosulishvili M

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

23-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7681977
doi:	10.1186/s13002-020-00415-y
PMID:	33225956

The Essential Oil of<i>Satureja grandiflora</i>(L.) Scheele from France

André-Paul Carnat, Annick Chossegros, Jean-Louis Lamaison

Informa UK Limited

24-Apr-2012

doi:	10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958

Flavonoids from Calamintha grandiflora

Chr. Souleles, C. Harvala, J. Chinou

Informa UK Limited

24-Nov-2007

doi:	10.3109/13880209109082906

Acacetin glycosides as taxonomic markers in Calamintha and Micromeria.

Marin PD, Grayer RJ, Veitch NC, Kite GC, Harborne JB

Phytochemistry

01-Nov-2001

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00352-1
PMID:	11684193

Composition of the Essential Oil of Calamintha grandiflora.

Baser KH, Ozek T

Planta Med

01-Aug-1993

doi:	10.1055/S-2006-959714
PMID:	17236000

The Volatile Constituents of Calamintha grandiflora.

Souleles C, Argyriadou N

Planta Med

01-Apr-1990

doi:	10.1055/S-2006-960936
PMID:	17221404

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Saturated hydrocarbons / Alkanes
Nonadecane	12401	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC	268.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Branched unsaturated hydrocarbons
gamma-Terpinene	7461	Click to see CC1=CCC(=CC1)C(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohol esters
Neryl acetate	1549025	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCOC(=O)C)C)C	196.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
1-Octen-3-Ol	18827	Click to see CCCCCC(C=C)O	128.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
3-Octanol	11527	Click to see CCCCCC(CC)O	130.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
beta-OCIMENE, (3E)-	5281553	Click to see CC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
beta-Ocimene, (3Z)-	5320250	Click to see CC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Linalool, (+/-)-	6549	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Linalyl acetate	8294	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)OC(=O)C)C	196.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Myrcene	31253	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=C)C=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
Carvacrol	10364	Click to see CC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
p-CYMENE	7463	Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)C	134.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Thymol	6989	Click to see CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(1R,2R,5S)-2,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-3-one	10329459	Click to see CC1C2CC(C2(C)C)CC1=O	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
(3R)-4-methylidene-1-(propan-2-yl)bicyclo[3.1.0]hexan-3-ol	42626428	Click to see CC(C)C12CC1C(=C)C(C2)O	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
3,5,5-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one	86707	Click to see CC1C2CC(C1=O)CC2(C)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
alpha-PINENE	6654	Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
beta-Pinene	14896	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(=C)C1C2)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
Camphene	6616	Click to see CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
cis-Thujanol	3034320	Click to see CC1C2CC2(CC1O)C(C)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Myrtenal	61130	Click to see CC1(C2CC=C(C1C2)C=O)C	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Myrtenol	10582	Click to see CC1(C2CC=C(C1C2)CO)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Sabinen	18818	Click to see CC(C)C12CCC(=C)C1C2	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Thujanol	6432367	Click to see CC1C2CC2(CC1O)C(C)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Thujone	261491	Click to see CC1C2CC2(CC1=O)C(C)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
(+)-Menthone	443159	Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
4-Terpineol, (+/-)-	11230	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)(C(C)C)O	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
alpha-PHELLANDRENE	7460	Click to see CC1=CCC(C=C1)C(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
alpha-Terpinene	7462	Click to see CC1=CC=C(CC1)C(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Alpha-Terpineol	17100	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(C)O	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Beta-Phellandrene	11142	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC(=C)C=C1	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Isomenthone, (+/-)-	6432469	Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Limonene, (+/-)-	22311	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
Menthol	1254	Click to see CC1CCC(C(C1)O)C(C)C	156.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
Neoisomenthol	19244	Click to see CC1CCC(C(C1)O)C(C)C	156.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
p-Menthan-3-one	6986	Click to see CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Piperitenone	381152	Click to see CC1=CC(=O)C(=C(C)C)CC1	150.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Piperitone	6987	Click to see CC1=CC(=O)C(CC1)C(C)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Pulegone	442495	Click to see CC1CCC(=C(C)C)C(=O)C1	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
Terpinolene	11463	Click to see CC1=CCC(=C(C)C)CC1	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(-)-beta-Bourbonene	324224	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2(C1C3C2CCC3=C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
(3R,6E)-nerolidol	11241545	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C	222.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
(R)-beta-bisabolene	68128	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
beta Farnesene	15228937	Click to see CCC(=C)CCC=C(C)CCC=C(C)C	206.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Beta-Bisabolene	10104370	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
beta-Bourbonene	62566	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2(C1C3C2CCC3=C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
beta-CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE	1742210	Click to see CC1(CC2C1CCC3(C(O3)CCC2=C)C)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Caryophyllene	5281515	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C2CC(C2CC1)(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Caryophyllene epoxide	14350	Click to see CC1(CC2C1CCC3(C(O3)CCC2=C)C)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Humulene	5281520	Click to see CC1=CCC(C=CCC(=CCC1)C)(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
Nerolidol	8888	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)C)C	222.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids / 5,10-cycloaromadendrane sesquiterpenoids
(1aS,4aS,7S,7aR,7bS)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol	97032059	Click to see CC1(C2C1C3C(CCC3(C)O)C(=C)CC2)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
(7aR)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol	5321422	Click to see CC1(C2C1C3C(CCC3(C)O)C(=C)CC2)C	220.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Bicyclogermacrane and isolepidozane sesquiterpenoids
(1S,2E,10R)-3,7,11,11-tetramethylbicyclo[8.1.0]undeca-2,6-diene	44583886	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=CC2C(C2(C)C)CC1)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
Bicyclogermacrene	5315347	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=CC2C(C2(C)C)CC1)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Germacrane sesquiterpenoids
(S,1Z,6Z)-8-Isopropyl-1-methyl-5-methylenecyclodeca-1,6-diene	91723653	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
Germacrene a	9548705	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Germacrene D	5317570	Click to see CC1=CCCC(=C)C=CC(CC1)C(C)C	204.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714 https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Estrane steroids / Estrogens and derivatives
Ethinyl Estradiol	5991	Click to see CC12CCC3C(C1CCC2(C#C)O)CCC4=C3C=CC(=C4)O	296.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697958
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acid derivatives / Carboxylic acid esters / Enol esters
Octen-1-ol acetate	520583	Click to see CCCCCCC=COC(=O)C	170.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Secondary alcohols
6-Methylheptan-3-ol	86783	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C)O	130.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Aldehydes / Medium-chain aldehydes
Nonanal	31289	Click to see CCCCCCCCC=O	142.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959714
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Oxepanes
Piperitenone oxide	61942	Click to see CC(=C1CCC2(C(C1=O)O2)C)C	166.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Piperitone oxide	92998	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC2(C(C1=O)O2)C	168.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
Rotundifolone	442497	Click to see CC(=C1CCC2(C(C1=O)O2)C)C	166.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-960936
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Rutin	5280805	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209109082906
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-6-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-[5-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxochromen-7-yl]oxy-6-[[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-3-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methyl acetate	163042014	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=CC(=C4C(=C3)OC(=CC4=O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)OC)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)COC(=O)C)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	796.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(01)00352-1
2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-7-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	163105437	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)OC	654.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.3109/13880209109082906

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Clinopodium grandiflorum

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