Stachys humifusa Burch. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

Perennial (?) herb; stems procumbent to weakly ascending, branched or sometimes simple, up to 0.45 m long, often very slender, glabrous or with scattered short scabrid hairs, occasionally with short glandular hairs or slender long white hairs. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate; blade usually drying brownish, somewhat leathery, ovate-deltoid to lanceolate-deltoid, 7-30 x 3-10 mm, often punctate, thinly strigose to subglabrous, apex obtuse to acute, base cordate, margin crenate, often slightly thickened. Inflorescence lax below, often compact above, of few to several 2-6-flowered verticils; bracts lanceolate-elliptic, entire, shorter than the calyx. Calyx glabrous to scabrid or sparingly hispid, 5-7 mm long. Corolla white to pale mauve; tube 6-7 mm long; upper lip ascending, 2-3 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 5-6 mm long.
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Perennial? herb, up to 0.45 m high; stems procumbent to weakly ascending, branched, slender; glabrous or hairs scattered, short scabrid or slender, long and white, occasionally short and glandular. Leaves sessile to shortly petiolate, somewhat leathery, ovate-to lanceolate-deltoid, 7-30 x 3-10 mm, often punctate, base cordate, apex obtuse to acute, margins crenate, slightly thickened; thinly strigose to subglabrous. Inflorescence lax below, often compact above, of few to several 2(-6)-flowered verticillasters; bracts lanceolate-elliptic, entire. Flowers white to pale mauve. Calyx glabrous, sparingly hispid or scabrid. Corolla: tube 6-7 mm long; upper lip ascending; lower lip deflexed. Flowering time Sept.-May.
Like S. scabrida but leaves sessile or subsessile and shallowly toothed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45
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Environment

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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Stachys humifusa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459620-1
WFO ID wfo-0000314106
COL ID 6ZGRW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys tenella Stachys humifusa Stachys subsessilis