rosemary Lamiaceae Salvia rosmarinus

Leaf:Opposite, simple, evergreen, narrowly lanceolate to needle-like in shape, to 1 1/2 inches in length, leathery and thickened with revolute edges; woolly-tomentose below, gray-green and rough above; very aromatic.
Flower:Species is monoecious; mostly purple but may be white or pink; in whorls borne in leaf axils; to 1/2 inch with pea-like corollas; very aromatic; appearing late-spring to early summer.
Fruit:Small shiny brown-black nutlets borne in 4-chambered husks.
Twig:Green to gray-brown and pale-tomentose.
Bark:Becoming shreddy and gray-brown.
Form:A rounded straggling shrub to 4 feet tall with weakly woody stems.

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