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Help Identifying Plant?

19 years ago

Here's hoping someone can help me identify this plant from the pictures attached. I received the cutting from a woman who received it from someone else. She said it was a plant used for indigestion. I'm assuming it's some sort of herb and hopefully someone out there will recognize it. The leaves are velvety feeling and it was quick to root in damp potting soil. Thanks to all.

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herboholic
19 years ago
Looks like mint or could be lemon balm. What does it smell like when you rub your fingers back and forth between the leaf?

It looks just like my Kentucky Colonel mint, and if that's it, there's no mistaking it's smell. It will smell like a stick of Wriggley's spearmint gum. Sweet.
Daisyduckworth
19 years ago
Lemon Balm? Lemony with a hint of mint smell.
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Heathen1
19 years ago
Wow... in my dry climate, mints just don't look that lush! Lucky you!
chaman
19 years ago
It looks like Spanish Thyme.
herboholic
19 years ago
Wow, heathen1....you should see my mint. It's incredibly lush and dense.

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