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Perilla frutescens
I've seen this plant for years and wondered what it is; when it's dry and brown, the seed stems smell nice when crushed. These had lots of seed stems, but green, and I couldn't tell if the flowers were just starting or about to finish. Edit - based on subsequent sightings, I think they were just beginning.
Wooded park
Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 20, 2011
3 Comments
Thanks for the direction! It's definitely not Divine Salvia - I'm in northern VA, and this is growing in all the parks. I think I need to sit down with a field guide and search, but you've possibly narrowed my search there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia
Looks like some type of Salvia to me...