Plant and Tree Identification: purple flowered fragrant shrub

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Forum: Plant and Tree Identification Replies: 8, Views: 133

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HassJake
Boerne, TX
November 5, 2009
04:44 PM
Post #7244943
Need help identifying this shrub! It's low growing--seems to spread out horizontally rather than upward--kind of fragile, very fragrant with flute-like purple flowers.

Click the image for an enlarged view.
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 5, 2009
05:20 PM
Post #7245058
Can you show the whole plant? Close-ups of more flowers; any seeds.
suse
Bretten
Germany
November 6, 2009
05:04 AM
Post #7246715
Possibly Calamintha poliothyrsis.
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
November 6, 2009
10:55 AM
Post #7247267
A link on calamintha. I couldn't find C poliothyrsis pictures, but this link has lots of species names

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/calamints
suse
Bretten
Germany
November 6, 2009
05:53 PM
Post #7248331
I have only found one site with pictures of Calamintha poliothyrsis, too http://plants-flowers.bayaw.com/Calamintha.html

But , sorry, perhaps the right name is Poliomintha longiflora , Mexican Oregano. http://images.google.de/images?hl=de&source=hp&q=poliomintha...
themoonhowl
Prairieville, LA
(Zone 9a)
November 7, 2009
10:40 AM
Post #7250105
Wow Suse, thank you so much...I have been looking for the botanical name for Mexican Oregano for the past couple years...Poliomintha longiflora...thanks so much.

HassJake...your plant is Poliomintha longiflora, Mexican Oregano...thanks to Suse for the correct name...GRIN
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 7, 2009
01:10 PM
Post #7250500
Does it smell like Oregano.

Common Mexican Oregano is Lippia graveolens.

suse
Bretten
Germany
November 7, 2009
01:31 PM
Post #7250538
Metrosideros, you are right. There are two different kinds, which are kalled Mexican Oregano in the literature.

From the Verbena-family Lippia graveolens and from the Lamiaceae Poliomintha longiflora.
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
November 7, 2009
01:58 PM
Post #7250600
Thanks Suse!

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