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Perilla frutescens

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Field Notes

Description:

I've seen this plant for years and wondered what it is; when it's dry and brown, the seed stems smell nice when crushed. These had lots of seed stems, but green, and I couldn't tell if the flowers were just starting or about to finish. Edit - based on subsequent sightings, I think they were just beginning.

Habitat:

Wooded park

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Perilla frutescens

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
AshleyBradford
Thanks for the direction! It's definitely not Divine Salvia - I'm in northern VA, and this is growing in all the parks. I think I need to sit down with a field guide and search, but you've possibly narrowed my search there.
Michelle Parish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia

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Flowers of North America
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Fall Into Phenology

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2011

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