What does Perilla look like?

1. Leaves

The leaves of Perilla are broadly ovate or round, about 7 to 13 cm long and 4.5 to 10 cm wide. The tip of the leaves is short and sharp, the base is rounded or broadly cuneate, and the edges have coarse serrations above the base. The leaves are membranous or herbaceous, green or purple on both sides, and the petiole is 3 to 5 cm long.

2. Flowers

The flowers of Perilla are in umbels, about 1.5 to 15 cm long, densely covered with long soft hairs, the bracts are broadly ovate or nearly round, about 4 mm long and wide, the pedicels are about 1.5 mm long, densely covered with soft hairs, the calyx is bell-shaped, about 3 mm long, the corolla is white or purple-red, about 3 to 4 mm long, and the corolla tube is very short, about 2 to 2.5 mm long.