Oregano, Spikenard
Hyptis suaveolens
Summary 6
Hyptis suaveolens, (pignut or chan) is a very well known pseudo-cereal plant in the Latin American region, being approximately 2 meters high, having branches and long, white piliferous stems. Its flowers are purple or white, its leaves oval, wrinkled and pointed. It is native to the American continent, in warm and semi-warm regions.
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- (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbart/5822388502/
- (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/1453777934/
- (c) Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesosphaerum_suaveolens_(L.)_Kuntze_(474971156).jpg
- (c) emmanuelortega, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
- (c) Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesosphaerum_suaveolens_(L.)_Kuntze_(3280484189).jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyptis_suaveolens
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