Beautiful... On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Rosmarinus officinalis* Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 23. 1753. > > Common names: Rosemary > > Aromatic shrub up to 2 m tall with up to 25 mm long, 1-2 mm broad > clustered leaves, glabrous above, white stellate-tomentose beneath, margin > revolute, apex obtuse; flowers crowded on short branches, blue to whitish, > 2-lipped; calyx tomentose outside, upper lip subcircular, lower ovate; > corolla 7-9 mm across, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed middle lobe > broadest with constriction at base, lateral lobes oblong. > > Often cultivated for extraction of rosemary oil and as ornamental. > Photographed from Ranikhet. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
