BLUE AND PURPLE GROUP 



Giant Hyssop 



Agastache scrophulariae folia. — Family, Mint. Color, purple. 

 Calyx, bell-shape, 5-toothed. Corolla, 2 -lipped, the upper lip 

 2-lobed, erect, the lower 3-lobed, spreading. Flowers, gathered 

 in a close, large spike, 3 to 18 inches long, attended with bracts. 

 Stem, 4-angled. Leaves, softly hairy underneath, acute, ovate 

 or heart-shape, petioled. July to October. 



New Hampshire to Wisconsin, southward to Kentucky 

 and North Carolina. Strong-scented. 



Ground Ivy. Gill-over-the-ground 



Nepeta hederacea.— Family, Mint. Color, blue. Calyx, 5-toothed, 

 small. Corolla, 2-lipped, the upper lip small, 2-cleft; the lower, 

 broad, 3-cleft. Leaves, crenate, round or kidney-shape, petioled. 

 Flowers, in clusters, in the axils. May to July. 



A prostrate, trailing plant, often found bordering garden 

 paths in damp, shady places. Near large towns or cities. 

 A near relative of catnip. 



Self-heal. Heal-all. Carpenter-weed 

 Prunella vulgaris. — Family, Mint. Color, violet or purplish 

 blue. Calyx and corolla, tubular, 2-lipped. Filaments split above, 

 the lower tooth bearing the anther. Flowers, in clusters of 3, 

 sessile, all in a compact, terminal, clover-like head. Bract-like 

 leaves grow with them. Leaves, petioled, long, narrow, entire or 

 toothed, generally rough-hairy. June to September. 



A plebeian-looking plant growing in pastures and beside 

 roads. It is smart and cheery looking, although often sadly 

 dusted and bedraggled. 6 inches high. Common. (See 

 illustration, p. 338.) 



Common Hemp Nettle 

 Galeopsis Tetrahit. — Family, Mint. Color, purple. Calyx, with 

 5 equal teeth. Corolla, with upper lip arched, curved, not lobed; 

 lower, 3-cleft, the middle inversely heart-shape. Throat, with 2 

 teeth in the folds. Flowers, in whorls in axils of the upper 

 leaves. Stem, very hairy, swollen below its joints. Leaves, 

 ovate, coarsely serrate. August and September. 



Low, branching plant, common in waste places and dry 

 fields. 



Dead Nettle 

 Lamium ample xicaule. — Family, Mint. Color, purplish. Calyx 

 and corolla, tubular. Corolla, small, 2-lipped, the lips quite open, 



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