Isodon tenuifolius Kudô

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Isodon

Characteristics

Shrubs to 1 m, much branched. Branchlets densely minutely gray tomentose. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.8-2 cm × 5-10 mm, papery, adaxially densely pilose, abaxially very densely minutely gray tomentose, base cuneate to rounded, margin remotely crenulate-serrulate above middle to entire, apex acute or slightly acute; lateral veins 3-or 4-paired, yellowish white adaxially. Cymes axillary, pedunculate, 5-7-flowered, shorter than subtending leaves, in terminal panicles to 20 cm; upper floral leaves reduced, ± equal to cymes, margin entire; bracteoles linear, ca. 1 mm, densely gray tomentulose. Calyx campanulate, to 3 mm, densely gray tomentulose outside; teeth subequal, triangular, ca. 1/3 as long as calyx, apex acute. Corolla whitish purplish, whitish rose, or purplish, ca. 7 mm, pilose; tube ca. 3 mm, straight. Stamens included. Style included. Nutlets unknown. Fl. Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Isodon tenuifolius world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:448619-1
WFO ID wfo-0000217982
COL ID 6N9BL
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Synonyms

Isodon tenuifolius Rabdosia tenuifolia Plectranthus tenuifolius