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Melissa officinalis
About
Lemon balm is a perennial herbaceous plant in the mint family. It has lemon-scented leaves, white or pale pink flowers, and contains essential oils and compounds like geranial and neral. It grows to a maximum height of 1 m. The species is native to south-central Europe, the Mediterranean, Central Asia, and Iran, is now naturalized worldwide and grows easily from seed in rich, moist soil.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Melissa officinalis
- Slug
- melissa-officinalis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Melissa
- Species
- officinalis
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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