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Carl Farmer |
Occasional on damp waste ground Leaves c 4-8 cm long, flower-spike c 4-6 cm long, 12-25 mm across ID: Leaves distinctly stalked, over twice as long as broad. Flowers in cylindrical or narrowly conical terminal heads, not rounded heads like Water Mint. Other features: Stems often purplish. As a sterile hybrid it does not form seeds. Calyx tube hairless or sparsely hairy (teeth may be very hairy). Stamens never protruding from flower-tube (style does). |
