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Questions and Answers: 2017

Question: Taken July 6, 2013 along a road in eastern Tennessee. Stachys palustris?

  • Question

    Taken July 6, 2013 along a road in eastern Tennessee. Stachys palustris?

    Answer

    Dear DavidBlair, these photographs look like Clinopodium vulgare (wild basil). Stachys palustris would have a more elongate (i.e., taller) inflorescence with a different corolla. Best wishes.