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Gleason, H.A. & Cronquist, A. (1963) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada D. van Nostrand Co, Inc. Princetown New Jersey.
Annual or perennial herbs, erect to 90 cm. Leaves opposite, serrate, lanceolate, aromatic. Flowers tubular, bilaterally symmetric, aggregated into head-like clusters terminating the branches or borne in the upper axils subtended by foliaceous bracts; calyx tubular, lobes shorter than the tube; corolla strongly bilabiate, upper lip narrow, straight or curved, lower lib broader, spreading or deflexed, 3-lobed with a central projecting tooth. Worldwide: About 20 species, endemic to North America. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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