This purplish-blue flower is
fragrant
Also known as “French
lavender”
It’s family: LAMIACEAE/
LABIATAE
It grows best in mild
climates,
In southwest Morocco, for
example
It’s origin is Europe, its flower…
Bilabiate in verticillasters
Topped with petal-like
bracts, 1½”
Its leaves…
Opposite one another, simple,
1-1½”
Linear
oblong, obtuse, revolute;
Tomentose—its fruit…
Four
glabrous nutlets.
Grows
1-3’ high in full sun,
In
loose, well-drained soil, relatively
Free
of pests, diseases; its saw-
Toothed
leaves used in bathing.
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