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Carl Farmer |
Occasional by roadsides and on cultivated ground. Flower whorls c 10-18 mm diameter. ID: Told as a mint by scent. Flowers in whorls at base of leaves, stem terminates in leaves not flowers. Told from M x verticillata by the calyx-tube being about as broad as long, and the calyx-teeth also about as broad as long. In M x verticillata both these are much longer than broad. Other features: Leaves stalked, 2-3 x as long as broad. Flower-stalks may be hairless or hairy (always hairy in M x verticillata). Stamens often protruding from the flower-tube (very rarely protruding in M x verticillata). |
