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Flowering green shiso

Looks like my shiso/perilla is winding down for the season. The plant yielded a good amount of very large leaves during the summer, with most of it being used in a sweet corn and zucchini vegetable saute chiefly flavored with minced shiso leaves, dark miso paste and rice wine vinegar. I've been told that the tiny white flowers are used as edible garnishes.

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Taken on September 24, 2008