Nomenclature Melissopalynology
Classifier
Benth.
Distribution
America, Europe, Asia, South Australia, New Zealand
Utility
The flowers have a sweet flavour and are eaten in salads. Leaves and flowers are very fragrant like lavender and sage. In late spring, flowering is showy, attracting all types of pollinators. It is widely used in gardens and landscaping as an ornamental plant. Biodiversity.
Flowering time
VI - X
Pollen characteristic
- Group: Monad
- Simmetry: Radial
- Polarity: Isopolar
- Exine sculpturing: Reticulate
- Aperture: Stephanocolpate
- Polar View:Subhexagonal
- Equatorial view :Oval
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