young shoot icon Home All plants About

Lancea tibetica Hook.F. & Thomson

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Mazaceae > Lancea

Characteristics

Herbs, 3-7(-15) cm tall, glabrous except for petioles. Rhizomes to 10 cm, with a pair of membranous scales on each node. Leaves 6-10, rosulate; leaf blade obovate, obovate-ob-long, or spatulate, 2-7 cm, subleathery, base tapering, margin entire or obscurely and sparsely toothed, apex obtuse and usually apiculate. Flowers in fascicles of 3-5 or in a raceme; bracts subulate-lanceolate. Calyx ca. 1 cm, leathery; lobes subulate-triangular. Corolla dark blue to purple, 1.5-2.5 cm; tube 0.8-1.3 cm; throat yellowish and/or with purple dots; lower lip middle lobe entire; upper lip erect, deeply 2-lobed, rarely shallowly 2-parted. Stamens inserted near middle of tube; filaments glabrous. Fruit red to dark purple, ovoid, ca. 1 cm, included in persistent calyx. Seeds numerous, brownish yellow, oblong, ca. 1 mm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
More
A herb. It grows up to about 10 cm tall. It has rhizomes or underground stems 10 cm long. It has 2 soft scales near each node. There are 6-10 leaves in a ring. They are oval or spoon shaped and 2-7 cm long. The flowers are in groups of 3-5. They are dark blue to purple. The fruit is red to dark purple and oval and 1 cm long. There are many seeds. They are 1 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in grassland and along streams between 2,000-4,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
More
Grassland, sparse forests, along streams at elevations of 2000-4500 metres in western China.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The young leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Bronchitis (flower), Common cold (flower), Cough (flower), Fever (flower), Wound healing (flower), Bronchitis (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Cough (leaf), Fever (leaf), Wound healing (leaf), Narcotics (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Cough (seed), Hematemesis (seed), Lung diseases (unspecified), Heart diseases (whole plant), Lung diseases (whole plant), General tonic for rejuvenation (whole plant), Wounds and injuries (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Lancea tibetica unspecified picture

Distribution

Lancea tibetica world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:804209-1
WFO ID wfo-0001140026
COL ID 3S6CR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lancea tibetica f. albiflora Lancea tibetica
WorldFloraDB 2024