Wild basil / زعتر سيدنا موسى / / زعاتمانه

Clinopodium insulare (Candargy) Govaerts

Leaves, January. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Leaves

Preparation

Herbal tea

Blooming period

January to March

Foraging period

April to June

Seed collection period

August to November

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Crimson
Pink

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Clinopodium

Family

Lamiaceae

Wikidata item

Q15349380

GBIF Item

Clinopodium insulare (Candargy) Govaerts (3886906)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

Citation

Clinopodium insulare (Candargy) Govaerts in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/498 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.