Urgent. Need Help!

I have a biology project due tomorrow morning and I need to identif

this plant. Anyone can help?? Some say it's a mint. However, it doe not look like a mint to me. Thanks in advance.

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beleebala
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beleebala
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It doesn't look like mint to me, either. However, if it has a square stem it would belong to the mint family. Carolyn

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Carolyn LeCrone

which narrows things down gradually based on various characteristics?

An example would be "Keys to Woody Plants", by W.C. Muenscher, Cornell University Press.

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Doug Kanter

You'll find a lot of plant and weed ID databases with images at Ergonica World of Weeds

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Good luck!

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raycruzer

My point was based on what I'll admit was a guess: The teacher didn't want them to post a picture on the web and take the easy way out. He/she might've wanted them to consult a guide which leads them through the ID process in a way which helps them learn the proper names for various plant features (palmate, etc). If that site offers such a thing, I didn't spot it, although I glanced quickly.

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Doug Kanter

Not a mint, maybe in family, but I have never seen this, I guess it isn't native in european flora. If it has some aromatic refreshing smell simmilar to mint it is from that family.

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Powerless Agronomist

Not true. Not all plants with a square stem are in the Lamiaceae (Labiatae) nor do all the species in the family have one.

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Cereus-validus-...........

How does the teacher expect you to ID the plant without seeing it in flower?

BTW, Its Ruellia makoyana, a member of the family Acanthaceae.

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