Stachys bolusii Skan

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

Perennial herb, spreading or ascending; stems branched, up to 0.45 m long, sparingly to fairly densely villous with long spreading to retrorse hairs and some gland-tipped hairs. Leaves petiolate; blade broadly ovate, the larger 30-55 x 25-40 mm, fairly densely appressed-pubescent on both surfaces, apex obtuse to rounded, base deeply cordate with a wide sinus, margin regularly and somewhat coarsely crenate with about 10-14 rounded teeth on each side; petiole 10-30 mm long. Inflorescence simple, scarcely tapering, up to 150 mm long, of several 6-flowered verticils; bracts densely villous, leaf-like, especially the lower, smaller above but longer than the corolla, broadly ovate; flowers subsessile. Calyx densely villous, 7 mm long. Corolla white with purple or pink markings on the lower lip; tube 7 mm long, widening slightly towards the mouth; upper lip ascending, 4-5 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 7-8 mm long.
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Like S. grandifolia but upper bracts exceeding corolla.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Stachys bolusii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459368-1
WFO ID wfo-0000313783
COL ID 4ZFDP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys bolusii