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*A variable, fleshy, annual to perennial herb, 30–-100 cm tall, stems simple or shortly branched from the base, glabrous to minutely glandular; leaves .*Leaves decussate or in whorls of 3, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, 10–-55 mm × 3-–15 mm, margins crenate to serrate-dentate, glabrous to densely and minutely glandular, pinnately veined, sessile; flowers .*Flowers solitary and axillary, or a few to many-flowered, terminal or axillary raceme, up to 15 cm long, pedicel 5–20 mm long, bracteoles 2, 1.5-–2 mm long, calyx 4.5–-7 mm long, hairy, striate at maturity, corolla 10.5–-13.5 mm long, pale pink, outside finely glandular, inside densely villous, posterior lobe emarginate, posterior stamens 2.5 mm long, villous, anterior stamens 4 mm long, glabrous; capsule *Capsule broadly ellipsoid, compressed, 5-6 mm long, brown.  ''L. aromatica'' grows in shallow ponds or marshy localities, from sea-level up to 1000 m altitude. It is closely related to ''L. chinensis'' (Osbeck) Merr., and some authors consider ''L. aromatica'' as a subspecies of it.