Hyptis pectinata

Species category

Weed

Common name

comb bushmint, comb hyptis, fausse menthe, mint weed, mumutun lahe, purple top, timothi ni vavalangi

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 1 mm
  • Width 0.5 mm
  • Thickness 0.5 mm

Color

Black with a white scar

Texture

Rough

Other structures

Scar is longitudinally elongate.

Identification notes

NutletNutlet:
A small, dry, indehiscent carpel of a fruit, usually composed of one quarter of the fruit with each enclosing a single seed (e.g. mints).
is small and pointed. Flat surfaces are not evident. Scar is vertically elongate, about 0.25 mm long.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Hawaii 

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Lamiaceae

Valid name

Hyptis pectinata (L.) Poit.

Synonyms

Mesosphaerum pectinatum (L.) Kuntze

 Hyptis pectinata.  Nutlets with a white, longitudinally elongated scar. The capsule is also pictured above.
Hyptis pectinata. Nutlets with a white, longitudinally elongated scar. The capsule is also pictured above.