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{{Taxobox
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| color = lightgreen
|familia=Lamiaceae
| name = ''Acinos''
|genus=Acinos
| image = Acinos arvensis01.jpg
|common_name=Basil thyme, Calamintha, Satureja
| image_width = 240px
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_caption = ''[[Acinos arvensis]]''
|habit=herbaceous
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|lifespan=perennial, annual
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
|Temp Metric=°F
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
| genus = '''''Acinos''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
|image=Acinos arvensis01.jpg
| subdivision_ranks = Species
|image_width=240
| subdivision =  
See text.
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'''''Acinos''''' is a [[genus]] of ten species of [[annual plant|annual]] and short-lived [[evergreen]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[woody plant|woody]] [[plants]] native to southern [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]]. Its name comes from the Greek word ''akinos'', the name of a small aromatic plant. They are small, tufted, bushy or spreading plants growing to 10-45 cm tall. The 2-lipped, tubular flowers are borne on erect sprikes in mid-summer.
==Cultivation==
Mostly quite frost hardy, they will grow in poor soil as long as it is well drained (they do not like wet conditions) and need full sun.  Propagate from seed or cuttings in spring.
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===


'''''Acinos''''' is a [[genus]] of ten species of [[annual plant|annual]] and short-lived [[evergreen]] [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[woody plant|woody]] [[plants]] native to southern [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]]. Its name comes from the Greek word ''akinos'', the name of a small aromatic plant. They are small, tufted, bushy or spreading plants growing to 10-45 cm tall. The 2-lipped, tubular flowers are borne on erect sprikes in mid-summer.


==Species==
;Selected species
;Selected species
*''[[Acinos alpinus]]''
*''[[Acinos alpinus]]''
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*''[[Acinos suaveolens]]''
*''[[Acinos suaveolens]]''


===Cultivation===
==Gallery==
Mostly quite frost hardy, they will grow in poor soil as long as it is well drained (they do not like wet conditions) and need full sun. Propagate from seed or cuttings in spring.
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''Acinos arvensis'' is recorded as a food plant for the [[larva]] of the [[moth]] ''[[Coleophora|Coleophora tricolor]]''.  
==References==
<references/>
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Acinos&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Acinos'']
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Latest revision as of 22:54, 2 November 2010

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Acinos is a genus of ten species of annual and short-lived evergreen perennial woody plants native to southern Europe and western Asia. Its name comes from the Greek word akinos, the name of a small aromatic plant. They are small, tufted, bushy or spreading plants growing to 10-45 cm tall. The 2-lipped, tubular flowers are borne on erect sprikes in mid-summer.

Cultivation

Mostly quite frost hardy, they will grow in poor soil as long as it is well drained (they do not like wet conditions) and need full sun. Propagate from seed or cuttings in spring.

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

Selected species

Gallery

References


External links