Lemon scented herb? for ID please

Last post 22-08-2012 10:08 AM by Silver surfer. 7 replies.

• 10/08/2012 01:51 AM

  Janec Location: Norfolk Joined on: 10 Aug 2012 Posts: 2

  Reply | Contact Hi, I'm hoping someone will know what this is. I've found a few patches of it growing in our lawn so I potted a couple of pieces up to see what it did when it wasn't being mown or eaten by rabbits. It's very low growing with a creeping spreading habit. It appears to put out runners and has a root system similar to mint but very soft leaves that look similar to an oregano. Very small white flowers have now appeared and it has a lovely lemon scent. Many thanks http://www.flickr.com/photos/janeswildlifepics/sets/72157630992781782/ (I've put 4 pictures on flikr but I'm not sure this will work)

• 12/08/2012 10:35 PM	In reply to
  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392	Reply | Contact Welcome Janec. Please do dot feel you have been ignored. I had hoped someone would have id this for you. I am stuck. But still thinking!

• 14/08/2012 02:16 AM	In reply to
  Boo Location: Norfolk Joined on: 14 Aug 2012 Posts: 3	Reply | Contact It looks similar to lemon balm but leaves are slightly young in your pic

• 16/08/2012 12:12 AM	In reply to
  Janec Location: Norfolk Joined on: 10 Aug 2012 Posts: 2	Reply | Contact Thanks to you both for your replies. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back but my pc threw a wobbly. Boo, thanks but it's definitely not lemon balm which we have far too much of.  The leaves on the mature plant still in the lawn are much the same as these, very soft and looking very similar to oregano but with this odd lemon scent. It's a real mystery

• 16/08/2012 08:26 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 4,540	Reply | Contact  I don't know either. Looks a bit like a scented sage but the flowers don't seem right for that. Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 21/08/2012 07:35 PM	In reply to
  Aunty Rhinum Location: Gloucester Joined on: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact I think it's ocimum basilicum or lemon scented basil .A menber of lamiaceae family -that has opposite leaves ,slightly downy,& it's lemon scented ..what do you think ? regards Caroline

• 21/08/2012 07:44 PM	In reply to
  Aunty Rhinum Location: Gloucester Joined on: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 6	Reply | Contact ocimum citriodorum ?

• 22/08/2012 10:08 AM

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  Silver surfer Location: South Wales. U.K. Joined on: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 1,392

  Reply | Contact This is a mystery. I don't think  Ocimum citriodorum,  lemon basil looks right. Or Ocimum basilicum! Compare  good close ups of the flowers in  this link.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/20472820@N00/2721664321 http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&biw=1030&bih=496&tbm=isch&tbnid=DWP6BmjYs0gt9M:&imgrefurl=http://www.missouriplants.com/Whiteopp/Ocimum_basilicum_page.html&docid=KvL9sFsaEjWfbM&imgurl=http://www.missouriplants.com/Whiteopp/Ocimum_basilicum_flowers2.jpg&w=450&h=405&ei=l6I0UL-_I8mv0QXj7oCgBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=305&vpy=140&dur=4955&hovh=213&hovw=237&tx=162&ty=117&sig=117860512390613209384&page=1&tbnh=139&tbnw=156&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76 While JaneC's  mystery plant has flowers in the leaf axils, in a  cluster on a short stalk.See her excellent close up pic... http://www.flickr.com/photos/janeswildlifepics/7749321690/in/set-72157630992781782