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Gomphostemma parviflorum Wall. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Gomphostemma

Characteristics

Herbs robust, ascending. Stems ca. 70 cm tall, densely gray tomentose. Leaf blade elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 14-24 × 5-11 cm, adaxially with short stellate, dusty hairs, abaxially densely gray stellate tomentose, base obliquely cuneate, decurrent, margin widely spaced serrulate, apex obtuse to acute. Cymes axillary, many flowered, densely stellate tomentose, ca. 3 × 2.5 cm, subsessile; bracts and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, ca. 1.2 × 3 mm, 1-or 3-veined. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 8-10 mm, densely stellate tomentose, veins comparatively conspicuous; teeth linear to triangular lanceolate, ca. as long as calyx tube. Corolla yellow, rarely white to purplish, exserted part 1.1-1.3(-1.5) cm, pubescent, somewhat dilated, ca. 2 mm wide at base, ca. 3.5 mm wide at throat; upper lip ovate, ca. 5 × 5 mm; lower lip ca. 4 × 6 mm. Nutlets brown, glabrous, smooth or striate. Fl. Jun.
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Coarse, erect shrub, 2.5-3 m. Stem stout, sulcate, densely brownish stellate-tomentose. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic-ovate, 15-20 by 6-10 cm, acute, base attenuate, entire; margin elsewhere finely serrate, hirsute above, densely tomentose beneath; petiole 2-4 cm, tomentose. Flowers in lax or condensed, many-flowered, axillary, peduncled, often branched cymes. Bracts lanceolate to ovate, 1-1.5 cm long. Calyx 1-1.4 cm long, densely tomentose outside; teeth narrow lanceolate, nearly as long as the tube. Corolla orange to orange-yellow, pale yellow or greenish white, 2-2.5 cm long, outside puberulent, throat narrow. Style and ovary glabrous. Nutlets smooth, glabrous, 8 by 3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.6 - 1.85
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Rainforest from almost sea-level to c. 1500 m. Fl. Jan.-Dec.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Gomphostemma parviflorum world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60473143-2
WFO ID wfo-0000974315
COL ID 3GTDD
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Synonyms

Gomphostemma salarkhanianum Gomphostemma multiflorum Gomphostemma dichotomum Gomphostemma parviflorum var. parviflorum Gomphostemma parviflorum

Lower taxons

Gomphostemma parviflorum var. farinosum
WorldFloraDB 2024