BLUE AND PURPLE FLOWERS 
Catnip ( Nepeta Cataria) . Mint family. July to 
September. 
An upstanding perennial, two or three feet high, with 
downy, branching stem. The small flowers fonn compact 
interrupted spikes, or elongated clusters, at the ends of the 
branches. The two-lipped corollas are whitish, spotted with 
very light purple or pink. The leaves are somewhat heart- 
shaped, stalked, and have coarse, rounded teeth. Damp 
places, generally near farm buildings. 
Wild Marjoram {Origanum vulgare). Mint family. June 
to October. 
An upright perennial whose hairy stem has a maximum 
height of two and one-half feet. The purplish flowers are two- 
lipped, in spike (or cluster) with purplish bracts. The leaves 
are round-egg-shaped, with stalks. Roadsides. The Greek 
signifies mountain ornament. 
Motherwort (Leonurits Cardtaca). Mint family. June to 
August. 
A perennial with stout, erect stem, maximum height five 
feet. The fiowers are small, whorled in axils; the light-purple 
corolla has a short tube and two lips, the upper bearded. The 
lower leaves have irregular lobes and long stalks, the upper are 
wedge-shaped at the base and have three pointed lobes. An 
old-fashioned herb found in waste places near buildings. The 
Greek signifies lion's tail. 
Penn3rroyal ( Hedebma pulegiotdes) . Mint family. July 
to September, 
An odorous annual with slender stem, rarely over a foot high, 
generally branching and finely hairy. The flowers, whorled in 
the axils, are small, light-purple, with calyx and corolla two- 
lipped. The leaves are egg-shaped to oblong, with stalks, 
somewhat toothed. Dry ground. The Greek signifies sweet 
scent. 
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