Wild Flowers Provence

Identify wild flowers, trees, shrubs, orchids and other plants in Provence, France.

Environ 2800 photos de près de 700 plantes sauvages.  Comment le voir en français.
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Melittis melissophyllum

Mélite à feuilles de Mélisse
Bastard Balm

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Additional information

Plant family

Area

Sainte Baume

Flower colour

pink

Flower size

25-40 mm

Flowering months

May,

June,

July

Leaf type

Cordate

Height

30-50 cm

Description

A hairy, aromatic plant, varying in shape and colour. The sepals protect the flower.

Deciduous woodland.

Flowers

The 2-lipped flowers are arranged in pairs, growing in the axils of the leaves and facing the same direction. They are pale-pink in colour, deeper pink on the lower lip.

Leaves

Cordate heart-shaped. Nettle-like leaves, long, pointed, bluntly serrated, opposite on the stem, hairy, 9 cm.

Fruits Seeds

Nut: 1-4 small nuts that do not split open when ripe, enclosed within the calyx.

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