Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Lamiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit.

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial, densely puberulent; stems erect, 3-20 dm. high. Leaves ovate, 2-8 cm. long, serrate, acute at the apex, mostly obtuse or subcordate at the base, the petioles 4.5 cm. long or less; flowers in secund spiked cymules, the inflorescence elongated; calyx 3-4 mm. long, puberulent, its subulate lobes nearly as long as the tube; corolla whitish, little longer than the calyx, the upper lip 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed; nutlets granular, about 1 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Waste places, Andros, Cat Island, and Inagua : Florida ; West Indies and continental tropical America. Pectinate Hyptis.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|