Author(s):

Nousiba A Abdelaty, Eman Z Attia, Ashraf NE Hamed and Samar Y Desoukey

Abstract: Moluccella laevis L. belonging to family Lamiaceae is an annual herb flowering from March to April, bearing dense spikes of small 2-lipped white fragrant flowers with large, bell-shaped calyxes, known as ²Bells of Ireland ²and ''Shell flower''. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. It's flowering from March to April. By reviewing the literature very few studies had been done on this plant which encouraged us to perform this study and investigates both macro and micro morphological examinations of M. laevis L. leaves, which could of great value in the identification and authentication of this plant leaves in both entire and powdered form.

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