Loxostigma mekongense (Franch.) B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Gesneriaceae > Loxostigma

Characteristics

Stems to 60 cm, densely villous, usually simple. Leaves opposite, spread along stem, unequal in a pair; petiole 0.8-2.5 cm, villous; leaf blade ovate to broadly ovate, 4-15 X 2-7 cm, villous to hirsute, base oblique, broadly cuneate to cordate, margin serrate, apex acuminate to acute. Cymes branched 2-4 , 5-12-flowered; peduncle to 7.5 cm, densely villous and glandular pubescent; bracts ovate to narrowly oblong, 4-6 X 1.3-2 mm, margin entire. Pedicel 0.8-2 cm. Calyx 5-sect from base; segments equal, lanceolate, 7-9 X ca. 2 mm, margin shallowly dentate. Corolla white, flushed purple, 3.5-4 cm, outside glandular puberulent, inside glabrous; tube 1.8-2.8 X 1.4-1.7 cm; adaxial lip lobes semiorbicular, 2-5 X 2-4 mm; abaxial lip lobes oblong, 3-4 X ca. 4 mm. Adaxial stamens ca. 1.5 cm, abaxial ones ca. 1 cm, glabrous. Pistil 2-3 cm; ovary glabrescent. Style ca. 1 cm, pubescent to densely pubescent. Immature capsule to 5.5 cm. Fl. Jul, Oct, fr. Oct.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Loxostigma mekongense world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:381720-1
WFO ID wfo-0001228875
COL ID 6QNBR
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Synonyms

Loxostigma forrestii Loxostigma mekongense Roettlera mekongensis