HABIT	AN ERECT, AROMATIC HERB, UP TO 2 M TALL.
STEMS	SOFTLY WHITE TOMENTOSE.
LEAVES	OBLANCEOLATE, SERRATE, ACUTE OR ACUMINATE, BASE TRUNCATE, CARTACEOUS.
FLOWERS	PINK-VIOLET, IN AXILLARY AND TERMINAL DENSE SPIKES.
FRUITS	NUTLETS 2.5 MM LONG, BROADLY OVOID WITH ROUNDED ENDS, SMOOTH, POLISHED, TURNING BLACK WHEN RIPE.