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Clinopodium brownei (Sw.)Kuntze
Browne's Savory
St. John’s Mint
Creeping Charlie
Synonym(s): Micromeria brownei (Swartz) Bentham
Florida native
A frequent aquatic perennial of floodplain forests, freshwater wetlands, lake edges and other wet disturbed sites thoughout much of Florida. More widespread along the east coast than west, not occurring in the western panhandle. The range extends through the southeastern coastal plain from South Carolina into Texas, plus Mexico and parts of Central America into Columbia and Ecuador.
This sprawling plant has solitary flowers that grow from the leaf axils. Flowers are tubular, flaring into fused lobes that are lavender to pinkish-white with purple throats. Leaves are opposite on distinct petioles and the blades are arrow-shaped (lanceolate) with wavy margins and toothed towards the tip.
The specific name honors Patrick Browne an Irish physician and botanist who traveled throughout the West Indies, settling in Jamaica. His major work was The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, illustrated by Georg Dionysius Ehret and published in 1756.
Clinopodium brownei is a member of the Lamiaceae - Mint family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 12, 2023
