BLUE AND PURPLE GROUP 



upper rounded and concave, lower flat, hanging, with its small side- 

 lobes purple-spotted. Flowers, in whorls in axils of the opposite 

 leaves. Leaves, rounded, deeply toothed, those above clasping 

 the stem, sessile; the lowest long-petioled. April to October. 



In cultivated and waste grounds. Common. 



Motherwort 

 Leonurus Cardiaca. — Family, Mint. Color, pale purple. Corolla, 

 2-lipped, the upper lip bearded; lower in 3 divisions, spreading. 

 Flowers, in close whorls in the axils of the upper leaves. Leaves, 

 those below palmately cut, with long petioles, those near the 

 flower 3 -cleft into lance - shaped lobes, wedge - shape at base. 

 Stem, erect, 2 to 5 feet high, branched, rather stout. June to 

 September. 



Common near dwellings and in waste places. 



L. sibiriass. — Color, purplish. Leaves, long-petioled, 3 -parted, 

 the divisions again cut into lance-shaped lobes; lower leaves 

 quite large, 6 inches across, entire or slightly toothed. Staff, 

 stout, 2 to 6 feet high, with slender branches. May to September. 



Found south of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Often a 

 weed around dwellings and in waste places. 



Hedge Nettle 



Stachys hyssopifolia. — Family, Mint. Color, light purple. Calyx, 

 5-toothed, bell-shape, rather hairy. Corolla, with a narrow, long 

 tube and spreading border. Flowers, in clusters of 4 to 6 grow- 

 ing in the upper leaf-axils. Stem, slender, erect, 8 to 18 inches 

 high, hairy along the joints. Leaves, long and narrow, thin, 

 pointed at both ends, with short petioles or sessile. July to 

 September. 



In moist fields or wet, sandy soil, Massachusetts to Florida, 

 west to Michigan. 



Woundwort 



S. palustris. — Color, purplish, tending to pale red, the lip of 

 the corolla spotted. Flowers, in rather crowded whorls, 6 to 

 10 in a whorl, in the upper axils, forming close, interrupted spikes. 

 Stem, leafy, erect, simple, hairy along the angles, 1 to 4 feet 

 high. Leaves, upper, sessile, shorter than the calyx, long, narrow; 

 lower, short-petioled, broader, heart-shape at base, with roundish 

 teeth. Stem-leaves rough-hairy. June to September. 



Wet ground, along streams, common, as far south as North 

 Carolina and westward to Illinois and Minnesota. 



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