Isodon leucophyllus Kudô

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Isodon

Characteristics

Shrubs erect, 50-120 cm tall, much branched, densely gray scaly stellate tomentose or lanate except on corolla; branchlets densely hairy when young, glabrescent. Stem leaves opposite; petiole 0.5-1.5 cm, densely hairy; leaf blade ovate to triangular-ovate, 2-6 × 1.3-4 cm, papery, rugose, adaxially ± densely hairy, abaxially gray, densely hairy, with a brown gland at tooth apex, base obtuse to rounded-cuneate, margin crenate, apex obtuse to slightly acute; lateral veins 3-or 4-paired, oblique, immersed adaxially, elevated abaxially. Cymes 3-9-flowered, remote or compact, in pyramidal panicles 10-24 cm; floral leaves and bracts longer or shorter than cymes; bracteoles minute, linear, ca. 1 mm. Calyx tubular-campanulate, straight or slightly curved, 2.5-3(-4) mm, 10-veined, densely hairy outside; teeth triangular-lanceolate, ca. 1/4 as long as calyx, subequal; fruiting calyx slightly dilated, tubular, base urceolate, slightly curved, glabrescent. Corolla rose, purple, to dark purple-blue, 3-5(-7) mm, puberulent on limb outside; upper lip as long as lower lip, ca. 1.5 mm. Stamens included. Style included. Nutlets yellow-brown, ovoid, ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Fl. Jul-Oct, fr. Oct-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.2
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Distribution

Isodon leucophyllus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:448589-1
WFO ID wfo-0000217894
COL ID 3Q8BW
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Synonyms

Isodon leucophyllus Plectranthus thiothyrsus Rabdosia leucophylla Plectranthus leucophyllus Rabdosia pachythyrsa Plectranthus pachythyrsus Rabdosia thiothyrsa