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.