Glechoma biondiana (Diels) C.Y.Wu & C.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Glechoma

Characteristics

Stolons ascending, rooting at nodes. Stems 15-30 cm or more, young parts sparsely villous to puberulent, glabrescent, base sometimes purplish. Petiole of basal leaves ca. 3 × as long as blade, mid cauline petioles 1.2-2.5 cm; leaf blade of basal leaves smaller, mid cauline blade cordate, 2-4.2 × 1.9-3.8 cm, villous, abaxially purplish, margin coarsely crenate, apex needlelike-acute. Verticillasters 6-9-flowered; bracts and bracteoles linear, ca. 4 mm, ciliate. Calyx tubular to campanulate, slightly curved, 1-1.2 cm, villous, puberulent; teeth narrowly triangular, 4-5 mm, apex spinescent-aristate, ciliate. Corolla reddish to purplish, tubular-campanulate, 2-2.4 cm, sparsely villous; tube gradually dilated ascending, to 6 mm wide at throat; upper lip straight, broadly ovate, apex emarginate; lower lip obliquely spreading, middle lobe flabellate, apex emarginate; lateral lobes ovate. Nutlets basally slightly triquetrous, with impressed dots. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Glechoma biondiana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:447282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000972812
COL ID 6KH2J
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Synonyms

Dracocephalum biondianum Meehaniopsis biondiana Glechoma biondiana

Lower taxons

Glechoma biondiana var. biondiana Glechoma biondiana var. angustituba Glechoma biondiana var. glabrescens