Lesser Calamint
Lesser Calamint or Calamintha nepeta is a member of the Mint family, and is used in Italian cuisine where it is called mentuccia, nipitella or nepitella.
Lesser Calamint grows as a beautiful perennial shrub for the herbal border forming a compact mound of shiny, green oregano-like leaves which become covered with lavender pink flowers to a height of 18 inches.
The Lesser Calamint plant smells like a cross between mint, and oregano, and can attract butterflies.
Lesser Calamint usually grows in the Summer, and well into the Fall.