Lallemantia royleana

Lallemantia royleana is an annual herb in the mint family, Lamiaceae. In Iran it is called balangu shirazi and is used in folk medicine to treat fever and coughs. Its seeds are a good source of polysaccharides, fibre, oil and protein. The stem is erect and either unbranched or branched from the base, the leaves are simple, and the corolla is pale lilac and bluish-white pink. The nutlets are dark brown. The page lists its distribution as Afghanistan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, south-west Asia and Europe. The essential oil from the aerial parts contains sabinene, beta-pinene, myrcene, limonene, 1,8-cineole and linalool among many other compounds.