Family |
Mint (Labiatae) |
Bloom |
Summer, fall |
Habitat |
Dunes, dry meadows, sandy soil |
Status |
Native |
Cycle |
Perennial |
Height |
1-3′ |
Flower |
Flowers form a ring or whorl of yellow, 2-lipped flowers spotted with purple emerging from a tubed, green calyx above another ring of whitish bracts. There is usually more than one ring of flowers per stem. The upper lip of each flower is strongly arched. |
Leaf |
Leaves are 1-3″ long, narrow, and somewhat fuzzy. They occur in pairs with another pair of smaller leaves at their base. |
Notes |
Stems are erect, square in cross section and covered with fine fuzz. |