Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kuprian.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Glechoma

Characteristics

Stems 10-20(-30) cm, ascending, base purplish red, young parts sparsely villous. Petiole 1-2 × as long as blade; leaf blade of basal leaves smaller, cordate to subreniform, upper blade cordate, 1.8-2.6 × 2-3 cm, adaxially sparsely strigose or puberulent, abaxially purplish, veins pilose or hirsute, margin coarsely crenate or serrate-crenate, apex acute to obtuse. Verticillasters 2(-6)-flowered; bracts and bracteoles linear, to 4 mm, ciliate. Calyx tubular, 0.9-1.1 cm, villous especially on veins; teeth ovate-triangular, 3-5 mm, apex awned, ciliate, adaxial ones longer. Corolla blue to purple with dark spots on lower lip, tubular-campanulate, long-tubed corolla 1.7-2.2 cm, short-tubed corolla 1-1.4 cm, ± villous, puberulent; upper lip straight, 2-lobed, lobes subreniform; lower lip elongated, obliquely spreading, middle lobe reniform, 2-3 × as long as upper lip, apex emarginate; lateral lobes oblong, ca. 1/2 as long as middle lobe. Nutlets ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, basally ± triquetrous, apex rounded. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Jun.
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A herb. The stems are 10-20 cm long. They are purplish-red at the base. The leaves are 2-3 cm long by 2-3 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in grassland and on the edges of forests between 100-2,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan.
Light 4-5
Soil humidity 2-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Abscess (aerial part), Antihypertensive agents (aerial part), Urination disorders (aerial part)
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Cultivation

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Images

Glechoma longituba unspecified picture

Distribution

Glechoma longituba world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:447372-1
WFO ID wfo-0000972918
COL ID 3G6XG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Glechoma brevituba Glechoma longituba Glechoma grandis var. longituba Glechoma hederacea var. longituba Nepeta glechoma var. sinensis