Rostrinucula sinensis (Hemsl.) C.Y.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Rostrinucula

Characteristics

Branches and branchlets ca. 4.5 mm in diam., brown, striate, densely dusty tomentose, subglabrescent. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-14.5 × 1.5-3 cm, papery, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely white stellate tomentose, base rounded, margin crenulate-serrulate, apex acute. Spikes cylindric, 8-25 × to 1.5 cm in flower, densely white stellate tomentose; verticillasters 6-10-flowered; bracts decussate, ovate-orbicular, ca. 7 × 6 mm, apex subacuminate. Calyx teeth triangular-ovate, apex acute. Corolla 5-6 mm; tube 4-5 mm, exserted; limb spreading or erect-patent, middle lobe ca. 3 mm, concave. Immature nutlets triquetrous, oblong, ca. 2 mm, apical beak ca. 0.5 mm, suberect. Fl. Oct.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Light 4-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Rostrinucula sinensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455518-1
WFO ID wfo-0000298094
COL ID 4TFPV
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Synonyms

Leucosceptrum bodinieri Leucosceptrum sinense Rostrinucula sinensis Elsholtzia cavaleriei Comanthosphace sinensis var. pentaloba Comanthosphace sinensis