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A colorful mint native to Costa Rica and Panama. Photo from a garden in the latter.
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Native to alpine Ecuador, but more widely planted. Photo from El Dorado Lodge, Colombia.
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Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
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Flowers of Callicarpa macrophylla from Verbenaceae. The berries of the plant are considered edible.
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Known as Peach Sage for its odor. Of Honduran origin but mainly a garden item. Photo from KEW Gardens, London.
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Piura, Per
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Audley, New South Wales, Australia
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Lohara, Chhattisgarh, India
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Orinda, California, United States
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WWT Knapp , Worcs
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From the Mexico-Guatemala border region, growing at the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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Colorado, United States
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Waianae Range phyllostegiaLamiaceae (Mint family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Waianae Mts., Oahu only)IUCN: Critically EndangeredOahu (Cultivated)Phyllostegia is a near endemic Hawaiian genus in the mint family, Lamiaceae. There is one species in Tahiti, (Phyllostegia tahitensis), one in Tonga (P. tongaensis), and 32 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.Phyllostegia are among the over 60 species of Hawaiian scentless mints, found nowhere else on the planet! EtymologyThe generic name Phyllostegia is from the Greek phyllon, leaf, and stego, cover, probably in reference to the leaf-like calyx lobes enclosing the flower in the type species P. vestita.The specific epithet mollis means softly hairy or soft.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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Teak is a large tree native to southeastern Asia, but widely planted in the tropics for its valuable wood. When the leaves are rubbed between the hands they produce a red stain as shown here at a teak plantation the the Darien of Panama.
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close up image of Stachys palustris homotricha WOUNDWORT at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing several flowers at full bloom detailing the stamens and stigma. This species is featured in the soon-to-be-published book, Elusive Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
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Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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A verbena tree endemic to the mountains of Ecuador, and known as Pusupato. Botanical Gardens of Quito.
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Found in the upland forests from southern Mexico to Nicaragua. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
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Pantropical from Indian and African origen. Naturalized in Mesoamerican and known as Incienso Rojo or as Marijanilla. Appreciated as a mild intoxicant. Jardin Etnobotanico, Cuernavaca, Mexico.In context at
www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/mints/index.html
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Orinda, California, United States
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close up image of Scutellaria parvula leonardii SMALL SKULLCAP at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing the blue and white flower with an arching, hooded upper petal and flaring lower petalThis species is featured in the book Abundant Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie, which is now available for purchase. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.