PLANTS Profile for Cunila origanoides (common dittany)

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PLANTS Profile

Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton
common dittany

Symbol:

CUOR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lamiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 146. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

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Synonyms:
Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

	CUMA7	Cunila mariana L.
	MAOR6	Mappia origanoides (L.) House

Distribution:
Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton


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Related Taxa:
Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

View 76 genera in Lamiaceae, 1 species in Cunila

Classification:
Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Lamiaceae – Mint family
Genus	Cunila D. Royen ex L. – cunila
Species	Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton – common dittany

More Accounts and Images:
Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 32483.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 02:11 AM CDT