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. |