Each flower has an elongated tubular corolla up to 5 centimeters long divided partway into two lips.

[7] The latter has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

In addition to the plant being grown as an ornamental, the leaves and flowers of L. etrusca var.

etrusca are used as fodder on Mount Honaz and in its vicinity in the Denizli Province of Turkey.

[9] The berries are poisonous, however they serve as an important source of food for some animals, namely Frugivores that live alongside L.