Ashe's Savory

Calamintha ashei
(Ashe's Calamint)
This species is listed as Threatened in Florida. Please acquire plants only from a reputable nursery.



This small plant could make a good border along a dry path or as a foundation plant. Welcome in wildflower gardens. Foliage is highly aromatic.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Scrub in disturbed areas, sandhill.

Did You Know?

  • Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
  • Attracts a variety of insects and mostly pollinated by bees.   Documented bees include Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Dialictus nymphalis, D. tegularis, Anthidiellum notatum rufimaculatum, A. perplexum, Dianthidium floridiense, Epeolus erigeronis, E. zonatus, Hoplitis truncata, Coelioxys germana, Lithurgus gibbosus, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. exilis parexilis, M. georgica, M. petulans, M. rugifrons, M. texana, Osmia sandhouseae, Osmia sp, plus Apis mellifera (honeybee) and  Bombus impatiens (Deyrup et al. 2002).
  • Butterflies harvest nectar.