acinos

Updated: May 9, 2025

But a large number of species are common to both regions, and here the difference of course is most striking. Lotus corniculatus and Calamintha Acinos, Calluna vulgaris and Campanula rotundifolia may be quoted as instances, and every botanist who has visited alpine regions may add other examples.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation

Other instances studied by the French investigator are Erythraea pulchella and Calamintha Acinos. Dimorphism is of universal occurrence in the whole vegetable kingdom. In some cases it is typical, and may easily be discerned from extreme fluctuating variability. In others the contrast is not at all obvious, and a closer investigation is needed to decide between the two possibilities.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation