PINK AND ROSE-COLORED FLOWERS 
(Including Magenta) 
GROUP I 
Leaves opposite. Stem four-sided. 
Obedient-plant {Physosiegia virginiana). Mint family. 
June to September. 
A perennial, three feet high, with flowers (three-fourths inch) 
in spike remaining where placed when bent; calyx five-toothed, 
corolla funnel-form, two-lipped. Leaves thick, lance-shaped to 
oblong. 
Wild Basil. Field Basil (Saiureja vulgaris). Mint family. 
June to August. 
A perennial, maximum height one and one-half feet, with 
clusters of small, pink-white, or purple flowers. Corolla two- 
lobed, calyx two-lipped, with three bristly teeth on the upper 
lip and two on the lower. Many linear bracts. Leaves egg- 
shaped, blunt-pointed. Open ground. 
Hemp Nettle {Galeopsis Tetrahit). Mint family. June to 
September. 
A coarse plant sometimes reaching three feet. The hairy 
stem is enlarged at the joints. Magenta flowers in whorls; 
calyx bell-shaped with five teeth; corolla two-lipped, lower lip 
notched. Leaves egg-shaped, pointed, coarsely toothed. Waste 
places. Common. 
Lopseed {Phryma Leptosiachya) . Lopseed family. June, 
July. 
A perennial, maximum height three feet, with stiff branches. 
Seed-vessels bent back; calyx cylindrical, two-lipped; corolla 
two-lipped. Leaves thin, rough, egg-shaped, pointed. 
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