Cunila
Cunila {{{latin_name}}}
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Cunila (origin unknown). Labiatae. A low-growing tufted hardy native perennial of this genus is rarely cultivated in borders for its profusion of bloom. Flowers small, white or purplish, 2-lipped, borne in corymbed cymes or clusters. The genus contains not more than 16 species, 2 N. American, 2 Mexican, and the others S. American. They are somewhat woody, and usually have small Lvs.: the whorls of fls. are sometimes loosely corymbose, sometimes axillary, few-fld., much shorter than the Lvs., sometimes many-fld., in dense spikes or terminal heads; calyx 10-13-nerved, 5-toothed; perfect stamens 2. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963