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Rosmarinus eriocalyx

 

Description: Aromatic shrub to 1.5m, with procumbent, grey branches. Leaves 5-15 by 1-2mm, linear, leathery, with rolled margins, appearing hairless and greenprofusely hairy on flower stalks. Calyx 3-4mm when young, later 5-7mm, green or purplish and. Corlla 10-12mm, pale blue. Nutlets brown.



Poison: None Known

Uses: Used to treat Tuberculosis in Morocco

Distribution: Algeria,  Morocco,  Spain, 

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