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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
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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.
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==Species==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
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Plant Characteristics
Origin: ✈ ?
Poisonous: ☠ ?
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
Water: ◍ ?"?" is not in the list (wet, moist, moderate, dry, less when dormant) of allowed values for the "Water" property.
Scientific Names

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Read about Cunila in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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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