Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Lamiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual? Stem stout, often much branched, loosely pilose, 3-8 dm. high. Leaves ovate or ovate-orbicular, slender-petioled, 4 cm. long or less, acute or obtuse at the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, low-serrate, sparingly pubescent on both sides; flowers 2-5 together, nearly sessile, in short-peduncled, axillary clusters, or the clusters crowded in a terminal panicle and subtended by small leaves; calyx eampanulate, strongly ribbed, at length 8-10 mm. long, its subulate teeth shorter than the tube; corolla 5-6 mm. long, bluish.
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Distribution
Waste and cultivated soils. New Providence. Eleuthera and Great Exuma : West Indies ; continental tropical America ; East Indies. Pilose Hyptis. Wild Basil.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| West Indies|