Leucas ciliata Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Leucas

Characteristics

Herbs 30-80(-100) cm tall, hairs yellowish to golden yellow. Stems slender, usually branched at apex, sometimes branched basally, appressed or retrorse hirsute. Petiole 6-10 mm, densely hirsute; leaf blade lanceolate, 6-9 × 1-3 cm, adaxially appressed pubescent, abaxially sparsely puberulent, base broadly cuneate to subrounded, margin remotely, shallow serrate, apex acute; lateral veins 3-5 pairs, densely pubescent. Verticillasters axillary, few, widely spaced, many flowered, globose, 1.5-2.5 cm in diam.; bracts linear, at least as long as calyx tube, hirsute adaxially, glabrous abaxially. Calyx tubular, ca. 1 cm, apicaly enlarged, slightly curved, densely hispid, base sparsely hispid or subglabrous outside, throat densely villous, veins conspicuous, mouth truncate or slightly oblique; teeth spinescent, spreading starlike in fruit, ca. 3 mm, hirsute. Corolla white or purple, ca. 2.8 cm; tube ca. 1 cm, glabrous except for puberulent throat outside, bearded annulate inside; upper lip oblong, densely villous outside, glabrous inside; lower lip ca. 1.5 × as long, spreading, middle lobe trapeziform, 2-lobed, lateral lobes ovate. Nutlets brown, ovoid. Fl. Jul-Oct, fr. Oct-Nov.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.38 - 0.63
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Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Roadsides, streamsides, grasslands, thickets; at elevations from 500-2,800 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Leucas ciliata world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:449336-1
WFO ID wfo-0000226938
COL ID 6PS92
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Leucas ciliata Leucas ciliata var. hirsuta