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LAMIACEAE

MINT FAMILY

Dieter H. Wilken, except as specifed

Annual, perennial herb, shrub, glabrous to hairy, generally aromatic
Stems generally erect, generally 4-angled
Leaves generally simple to deeply lobed, opposite, generally gland-dotted
Inflorescence: cyme, generally clustered around stem, head-like, separated by evident internodes (terminal in Monardella ) or collectively crowded, spike-like to panicle-like (sometimes raceme or flowers 2–12); subtended by leaves or bracts; flowers sessile or pedicelled
Flower generally bisexual; calyx generally 5-lobed, radial to bilateral; corolla generally bilateral, 1–2-lipped, upper lip entire or 2-lobed, ± flat to hood-like, sometimes 0, lower lip generally 3-lobed; stamens generally 4, generally exserted, paired, pairs unequal, sometimes 2, staminodes 2 or 0; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed to base, chambers 2, ovules 2 per chamber, style 1, arising from center at junction of lobes, stigmas generally 2
Fruit: nutlets 4, generally ovoid to oblong, smooth
Genera in family: ± 200 genera, 5500 species: worldwide. Many cultivated for herbs, oils (Lavandula , lavender; Mentha , mint; Ocimum , basil; Rosmarinus , rosemary; Thymus , thyme), some cultivated as ornamental (in CA Cedronella , Leonotis , Phlomis )
Reference: [Cantino & Sanders 1986 Syst Bot 11:163–185]

SALAZARIA

BLADDER SAGE


Species in genus: 1 sp
Etymology: (Don Jose Salazar y Larrequi, Mexican astronomer, US-Mexican Boundary Survey)

Native

S. mexicana Torr.

Shrub, 5–10(15) dm, ± rounded, branched
Stem: lateral branches spreading, rigid, tips becoming spine-like; twigs ± canescent
Leaf short-petioled to subsessile; blade 3–15(20) mm, 2–8 mm wide, generally ovate to elliptic, base rounded, margin entire, glabrous to puberulent
Inflorescences axillary at distal 3–10 nodes; flowers 2; axis finely glandular-puberulent; bracts 0
Flower 2-lipped; calyx lobes ± equal, entire, purplish, becoming 1–2 cm, bladder-like in fruit; corolla 15–25 mm, upper lip ± entire, white to light violet, lower lip ± 3 lobed, violet to purple; stamens 4, generally enclosed by upper lip, lower stamen pair < upper pair, anthers ciliate
Fruit: nutlets, widely ovoid, short-stalked, tubercled
Ecology: Sandy to gravelly slopes, washes, scrub, woodland
Elevation: < 1800 m.
Bioregional distribution: s East of Sierra Nevada, Desert
Distribution outside California: to Utah, Texas, n Mexico
Flowering time: Mar–Jun
Horticultural information: DRN, IRR: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21 &SUN: 15, 16, 22, 23.

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