Horminum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Horminum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Horminum (old Greek name for sage). Labiate. One herbaceous perennial, H. pyrenaicum, Linn., adapted to borders and rock-gardens: sts. simple and nearly leafless: lvs. mostly radical, ovate, toothed or crenate, the floral lvs. reduced to bracts: fls. medium size, purple-violet, nodding, in secund verticils or whorls; calyx eampanulate, 2-lipped, about 13-nerved; corolla-tube exserted, the limb somewhat 2-lipped, the upper lip truncate-emarginate, the lower or anterior 3-parted; stamens 4, didynamous; style 2-lobed: nutlets ovoid. The plant grows 8-12 in. high; Pyrenees to the Tyrol; it makes a tuft of foliage; blooms in midsummer; hardy in England. Vars. album and grandiflorum purpureum are offered. Other plants sometimes referred to Horminum are properly salvias. L. H. B. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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