MINT FAMILY 



purpureum, has purple-red flowers very like those of 

 L. amplexicaule, but its leaves are petioled; the 

 Spotted Dead-Nettie has blotched leaves and rather 

 larger flowers; the White Dead-Nettie has white 

 flowers. There are other minor differences among the 

 four, but these are sufficient to distinguish them. All 

 bloom in early spring and continue to bloom into 

 October, sometimes later. All are immigrants; L. 

 maculdtum has escaped from gardens, the others are 

 free-lances who came as they could and live as they 

 must. They are not unattractive little weeds and 

 often comfort the waste places, appearing frequently 

 in vegetable-gardens where a crop has been harvested 

 and the land neglected. Among them are one annual, 

 one biennial, and two perennials. 



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