Stachys cymbalaria Briq.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial prostrate herb; stems radiating from a central taproot, up to 0.3 m long, subglabrous or with few long slender spreading hairs or occasionally with a short sparse to fairly densely glandular pubescence. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate; blade broadly ovate-deltoid to suborbicular, 8-15 x 6-12 mm, subglabrous to thinly appressed-pubescent or glandular-puberulous, apex obtuse to rounded, base broadly cordate, margin crenate. Inflorescence lax, of 1-5 verticils; verticils 2-flowered; bracts elliptical, smaller than the calyx. Calyx puberulous to hispidulous, 5-6 mm long. Corolla purple, pink or white; tube 5-7 mm long; upper lip horizontal, 3-4 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 6 mm long.
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Perennial, prostrate herb, up to 0.3 m long; stems radiating from central taproot; subglabrous, or pubescence of a few, long, slender, spreading hairs or sparse to fairly densely short-glandular. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate, broadly ovate-deltoid to suborbicular, 8-15 x 6-12 mm, base broadly cordate, apex obtuse to rounded, margins crenate; subglabrous to thinly appressed-pubescent or glandular-puberulous. Inflorescence lax, of 1-5 verticils; verticillasters 2-flowered; bracts elliptical, smaller than calyx. Flowers purple, pink or white. Calyx puberulous to hispidulous. Corolla: tube 5-7 mm long; upper lip horizontal; lower lip deflexed. Flowering time Oct.-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Root system tap-root
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
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 cymbalaria world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459459-1
WFO ID wfo-0000313900
COL ID 4ZFGD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys cymbalaria Stachys aethiopica var. tenella Stachys cymbalaria var. alba