Caryopteris incana Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Caryopteris

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 25-50 cm tall, aromatic, with woody base, pubescent. Petiole 0.3-1.7 mm; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate, 1.5-9 X 0.4-4 cm, thickly papery, pubescent, yellow glandular, base cuneate, subrounded, or truncate, margin coarsely serrate to rarely subentire, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, dense corymbose cymes. Calyx cup-shaped, ca. 2 mm, outside pubescent. Corolla purplish to bluish, tube ca. 3.5 mm, lower lobe fringed, both surfaces pubescent. Stamens and style exserted. Ovary pubescent. Fruiting calyx 4-5 mm. Fruit ca. 2.5 mm in diam., hirsute, nutlets with winged edges. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Caryopteris incana unspecified picture
Caryopteris incana unspecified picture

Distribution

Caryopteris incana world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:861591-1
WFO ID wfo-0000808950
COL ID RJHK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caryopteris incana f. candida Mastacanthus barbula Nepeta incana Caryopteris incana Caryopteris incana var. candida Caryopteris mastacanthus var. nana Caryopteris mastacanthus var. superba

Lower taxons

Caryopteris incana var. incana Caryopteris incana var. angustifolia