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Clinopodium (douglasii)

Betty Young
Nurseries Sr Manager
Bldg 201, Fort Mason
San Francisco, California 94123
415-331-6917
415-331-7521 (fax)
byoung@ggnpa.org

Family Scientific Name: Lamiaceae
Family Common Name: Mint Family
Scientific Name: Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze
Common Synonym: Satureja douglasii (Benth.) Briq.
Common Name: Yerba Buena
Species Code: CLIDOU
Ecotype: Presidio, California
General Distribution: C. douglasii is found below 3,000 feet elevation; from British Columbia to southern California and Santa Catalina Island.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: vegetative
ProductType: Container (plug)
Stock Type: 2 inch pot
Time To Grow: 0
Target Specifications: Height: N/A<br> Caliper: N/A<br> Root System: Firm plug in container.
Propagule Collection: Herbaceous stem cuttings are collected May 21st.
Cutting length is 4 inches.
Propagule Processing: Cuttings are kept moist and cool prior to treatment.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Cuttings are struck in flats containing 1:1 Perlite/Vermiculite.
Cuttings are struck 0.5 inch deep in flats. Lay cuttings horizontally ensuring that each internode is covered with media.

% Rooting: 80%
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:
Fully Controlled Greenhouse.
Flats are kept in the greenhouse and watered with an automatic mist system until roots are fully developed. Flats are placed on a heated bench.
Establishment Phase: Planting Method: Transplanting Cuttings.

Time to Transplant:N/A
Cuttings are transplanted to individual containers 2" pots containing standard potting mix of peat moss, fir bark, perlite, and sand. Cuttings are placed in the shadehouse.
Transplant Survival averages 90%.
References: A California Flora and Supplement, Munz, P., University of California Press, Berkeley and London, 1973.

Citation:

Young, Betty. 2001. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze plants 2 inch pot; San Francisco, California. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/23). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.