Mint Lemon

External lemon mint plant unattractive, it belongs to the family Labiatae, typified by dead-nettle . Melissa just like this plant, but as would be more "elegant" . This is a perennial plant that is entirely softly pubescent, stems erecttetrahedral from 30 to 125 cm tall, very branchy . leaves crosswise opposite, petiolate at the base, the lower leaves - heart-shaped, and the upper - wedge, the overall shape of the sheet ovate, coarsely toothed or crenate edge . The flowers are arranged in the axils of the upper leaves, exactly the same as the dead-nettle in false whorls, 3 - 10 pieces . Flowerssmall, inconspicuous usually white, rarely pinkish or yellowish . A cup and a half times shorter than flowers, her top three short, pointed teeth, bottom - two . After flowering flowers in each cup ripen 4 seed - nut . They ovate, strongly tapering to the base, dark brown, almost black, with a white dot on the top,length of 1.5 - 2 mm . The whole plant has a pleasant lemon scent . Especially reeks balm during bookmarks buds . Blooming races