Elsholtzia ochroleuca Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Elsholtzia

Characteristics

Shrubs erect 1-1.5 m tall. Branches cylindric, brownish, bark exfoliating; young branches dark brown, densely antrorse gray villous. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-elliptic, (1.5-)5-8 × (0.6-)2.5-4.3 cm, densely yellowish glandular, gray strigose, densely so on veins abaxially, base cuneate-decurrent, margin crenate except entire at base, apex acute, lateral veins 4-6-paired. Spikes terminal only, 5-10 cm, ca. 1 cm in diam. in flower; verticillasters short pedunculate, ± widely spaced at base; peduncle and rachis densely gray-yellow tomentose; bracts subulate-lanceolate. Pedicel 0.5-1.5 mm, densely gray-yellow tomentose. Calyx campanulate, ca. 1.2 × 1 mm, yellow-white tomentose outside and on teeth inside; teeth triangular-subulate, ca. 0.4 mm, subequal. Corolla yellowish white, ca. 3.2 mm, sparsely pilose, yellowish glandular outside, bearded annulate inside, tube ca. 2.2 mm, funnelform, throat to 1 mm wide; upper lip ca. 1 mm, apex emarginate; middle lobe of lower lip subcircular, ca. 1 mm, margin incised; lateral lobes semicircular. Immature nutlets oblong, ca. 1 mm, apex rounded, adaxially ribbed. Fl. Aug.
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Distribution

Elsholtzia ochroleuca world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:446675-1
WFO ID wfo-0000948435
COL ID 39D2J
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Synonyms

Elsholtzia ochroleuca Elsholtzia lampradena Aphanochilus fruticosus var. ochroleucus Elsholtzia ochroleuca var. parvifolia Elsholtzia ochroleuca var. ochroleuca