LAVENDER TO PURPLE FLOWERS 



I. LEAVES MOSTLY OPPOSITE. 

 1. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in raceme. 



HEART-LEAVED TWAYBLADE (Listera cordata). Orchis 



family. 



Low, slender, single stem; flowers purple, minute, 

 in terminal raceme; leaves two, heart-shaped, 

 without stalks. Wet woods. Early summer. 



2. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in head. 



WILD BERGAMOT (Monarda fistulosd). Mint family. 

 Ht. gen. 34 ft.; stem square; flowers purplish- 

 pink in large terminal head; calyx hairy inside; 

 corolla (i in. long or more) 2-lipped; stamens pro- 

 truding; leaves broadly lance-shaped. Dry soil. 

 All summer. Common in West. See illustration 

 of Oswego Tea (Red i). 



See also SELF-HEAL (3).. 



3. Leaves mostly opposite, flowers in spike. 



WILD MARJORAM (Origanum vulgare). Mint family. 



Max. ht. 2^ ft.; flowers 2-lipped, in spikes with 

 purplish bracts; leaves round-egg-shaped, with 

 stalks. Roadsides. Early summer-autumn. 



BLUE VERVAIN (Verbena hastata). Vervain family. 



Ht. several ft. ; stem square; slender spikes terminal 

 and axillary, thickly flowered, erect; flowers purple, 

 small, few blossoming at once; calyx 5-pointed; co- 

 rolla salver-form with 5 -cleft border; leaves long 

 pointed, toothed, with stalks, lower often lobed. 

 Waste places. Common. Early summer-autumn. 



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