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The labiatae family stands for about 3000 species of plants spread in the warm and temperate regions
all over the world. They are mainly grasses and shrubs, very fragrant and rich in medicinal properties, of great
worth in natural medicine and pharmacopoeia.
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| Leaves ( 1 ) : opposite | |
| Stems ( 2 ): square | |
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Flowers : |
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| Calyx ( 3 ) : 5 teeth (sometimes 2) |
Dracocephalum grandiflorum |
| Corolla ( 4 ) : bilabiate and tubular with 4 o 5 lobes: | |
| Stamens : 4 o 2 | |
| Ovary : superior |
GENERA
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Labiatae include about 200 genera. The most important are the following:
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