What is the flower name of perilla? A detailed explanation of the perilla flower name

Other names of perilla

Perilla is an annual herbaceous plant in the Lamiaceae family. Its other names include guiren, white perilla, red perilla, black perilla, white perilla, green perilla, suma, and shuishengma.

Morphological characteristics of perilla

Perilla is an annual upright herbaceous plant. The stem height is 0.3-2 m, green or purple, obtusely four-angled, and the stem is covered with long fine hairs.

The leaves are broadly ovate or round, 7-13 cm long and 4.5-10 cm wide. The leaf tip is short-pointed or abruptly pointed, the base is round or broadly wedge-shaped, and the margin has coarse serrations. The leaf color is green or purple, or only the underside is purple. The upper surface of the leaf has sparse fine hairs, and the underside has appressed fine hairs.

The verticillasters have 2 flowers, forming terminal and axillary racemes 1.5-15 cm long, densely covered with long soft hairs, and; the bracts are broadly ovate or nearly round, about 4 mm long and wide, with a short pointed tip, externally covered with reddish-brown glandular dots, hairless, and with a membranous margin; the pedicels are 1.5 mm long and densely covered with soft hairs.

The nutlets are spherical, grayish-brown, about 1.5 mm in diameter, with a reticulate pattern on the surface. The flowering period of perilla is from August to November, and the fruiting period is from August to December.

Growth characteristics of perilla

Perilla has strong growth adaptability and does not have high environmental requirements. It generally grows in well-drained, fertile sandy loam, loam, and clay loam, in front of and behind houses, and along ditches and field edges.