Elsholtzia luteola Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Elsholtzia

Characteristics

Herbs erect, annual, 8-40 cm tall. Stems yellowish, subterete, pilose. Petiole short to obsolete; leaf blade lanceolate, 1-3.5 cm × 3-10 mm, herbaceous, adaxially subglabrous, abaxially pilose, densely impressed glandular, base cuneate, margin remotely serrate, apex acute. Spikes 2-5 cm, to 1 cm in diam., secund; bracts overlapping, united, broadly reniform, margin ciliate. Pedicel short. Calyx tubular, ca. 2.5 mm, pilose, glandular; teeth lanceolate, anterior 2 longer, spinescent outside and at apex. Corolla 5-6.5 mm, pilose outside, glabrous inside; tube ca. 0.5 mm wide at base, to 2 mm wide at throat; upper lip emarginate, ciliate; lower lip slightly spreading, lobes erose, middle lobe subcircular, lateral lobes semicircular. Anterior stamens exserted; anthers ovoid. Style included, apex subequally 2-cleft. Nutlets dark brown, oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Oct-Nov.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.4
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 -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Elsholtzia luteola world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:446665-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948424
COL ID 39D27
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Elsholtzia luteola var. holostegia Elsholtzia luteola Elsholtzia luteola var. luteola