Calamintha nepeta

Species category

Herb or Spice, Weed

Common name

lesser calamint

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length: 1.8–2 mm
  • Width: 1.2–1.5 mm
  • Thickness: 1–1.1. mm

Color

Black with a white hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).

Texture

ScurfyScurf:
Having flakes on the surface.
surface surrounding closely spaced tubercles.

Other structures

White V-shaped hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).

Identification notes

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is lateral on the basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end of seed. Seed surface is very rough.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi

 Calamintha nepeta.  Seeds have a scurfy surface surrounding closely spaced tubercles, with a white, V-shaped hilum.
Calamintha nepeta. Seeds have a scurfy surface surrounding closely spaced tubercles, with a white, V-shaped hilum.