Meehania urticifolia Makino

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Stems slender, erect, tufted, 20-40 cm, unbranched, villous or retrorse villous when young, glabrous or subglabrous except for nodes. Leaves largest at mid stem; petiole 0.5-4 cm, shorter toward apex, sometimes obsolete; leaf blade cordate to ovate-cordate, 3.2-8.2 × 2.6-6.8 cm, pilose, base cordate, margin serrate to crenate-serrate, apex acuminate to acute. Verticillasters 2-to few flowered, in terminal racemes; adaxial floral leaves ovate to lanceolate, less than 3.5 cm, villous; bracteoles subulate, ca. 1 mm. Pedicel 3-9 mm. Calyx campanulate, 1.3-1.8 cm, floccose-pilose or sparsely puberulent; teeth ovate to ovate-triangular, ca. 3 mm, ciliate, apex acute or cuspidate, rarely acuminate, adaxial teeth longer. Corolla bluish purple to purple-red, 2.2-4 cm, villous, gradually dilated at apex; upper lip straight, elliptic, 2-lobed, lobes circular to suboblong; lower lip dilated, middle lobe flabellate, apex emarginate; lateral lobes small, subovate to oblong, 2/5-1/2 as long as middle lobe. Nutlets ovoid-oblong, adaxially slightly triquetrous at base, pubescent, base small umbonate. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun.
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A hairy herb. It grows 15-30 cm tall. The leaves are 3-5 cm long. They are triangle or heart shaped and have coarse teeth. The flower spikes are one sided. They are bluish-purple with purple spots on the lower lips. There are 3-12 flowers on a stalk.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.3
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mossy areas in conifer and mixed forests in north China. It suits plant hardiness zones 5-9.
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Rich damp deciduous woods in the mountains, S. and S. Japan.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Meehania urticifolia world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450017-1
WFO ID wfo-0000239214
COL ID 3YQGJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Dracocephalum sinense Glechoma urticifolia Dracocephalum urticifolium Dracocephalum urticifolium f. carnosa Meehania urticifolia f. racemosa Dracocephalum pedunculatum Cedronella urticifolia Dracocephalum urticifolium f. normalis Dracocephalum urticifolium f. racemosa Dracocephalum urticifolium f. radicans Meehania urticifolia f. radicans Meehania urticifolia f. rosea Meehania urticifolia