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Annuals Dictionary: Moluccella

August 13, 2010 By: Annuals Dictionary Category: Annuals Dictionary

Mint family
Labiatae
Mol-lew-sell’a. Two species of aromatic Old World annual herbs, both found in old-fashioned gardens, the one below widely cultivated for fresh and dried flowers.

Description
Leaves opposite, stalked, generously toothed. Flowers very small, in whorls in the leaf axils. Corolla tiny, irregular, white or pinkish, scarcely or not exceeding the bristly or prickly calyx.

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