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Scientific Name: | Ocimum basilicum |
Common Name: | sweet basil |
Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
Origin: | South Asia / India |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
Plant Type: | Annual, Greenhouse produce plant |
Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
Form: | Oval - vertical |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Fragrance, Hanging basket, Herb, Small garden/space |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Serrate |
Flowers: | Verticillaster, White, Violet, Pink, Aug-Sep |
Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown |
Key ID Features: | |
Stems leggy, purple; leaves smooth and bright green or purple, opposite, ovate with serrate margins which tend to curve downwards, highly scented. |