Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
Common Name : Pignut
Family : Lamiaceae

HABIT |
A RIGID, SWEETLY AROMATIC HERB, SOMETIMES UP TO 2 M TALL. |
STEMS |
ERECT, MUCH-BRANCHED, OBTUSELY QUADRANGULAR. |
LEAVES |
VERY VARIABLE, BROADLY OVATE TO SUBORBICULAR, MARGINS CRENATE-SERRULATE, TOMENTOSE AND DOTTED WITH OIL GLOBULES BENEATH; LOWER LEAVES 12 CM LONG AND 9 CM WIDE, BASE SUBCORDATE, UPPER LEAVES SMALLER, BASE ACUTE. |
FLOWERS |
SMALL, BLUE, BORNE 2-4 TOGETHER IN AXILLARY OR TERMINAL HEADS IN RACEMES. |
FRUITS |
NUTLETS BLACKISH-BROWN, OVOID-OBLONG, COMPRESSED, 0.3 CM LONG, PUBESCENT WITH MUCILAGINOUS HAIRS. |