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Stachys flavescens Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

A rigid, branched shrub 0.6-1 m tall; branches erect or ascending, densely yellowish-felted when young, greyish with age. Leaves sessile, crowded, thick-textured, lanceolate to oblong, 20-30(-40) x 3-4(-10) mm, densely yellowish-felted on both surfaces, apex acute, sometimes mucronate, base narrowed to truncate, margin entire. Inflorescence dense, of several closely placed 2-6-flowered verticils; bracts like the leaves but slightly smaller. Calyx densely stellate-felted, yellowish, 7-8 mm long. Corolla yellow; tube 5-6 mm long; upper lip ascending 2.5-3 mm long; lower lip spreading, 4.5-6 mm long.
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Rigid, branched shrub, 0.6-1 m tall, branches densely yellowish felted when young, greyish when old. Leaves lanceolate to oblong, densely yellowish felted on both sides. Flowers in several closely placed verticils, calyx densely stellate-felted, yellowish, corolla yellow.
Aromatic, yellowish felted shrub to 1 m. Leaves subsessile, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers in verticils, calyx yellowish stellate-pubescent, corolla yellow.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.0
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Stachys flavescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Stachys flavescens world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459527-1
WFO ID wfo-0000313981
COL ID 6ZH44
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys flavescens Stachys gariepina
WorldFloraDB 2024