Stachys reticulata Codd

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

Perennial herb; stems decumbent to procumbent, densely pilose, branched, up to 0.6 m long. Leaves petiolate; blade fairly firm-textured, ovate-deltoid to broadly ovate or subreniform, 10-30 x 8-25 mm, usually discolorous, upper surface brownish, hispid, under-surface paler, reticulate-veined, densely tomentose and gland-dotted, apex obtuse to subacute, base broadly cordate, margin crenulate; petiole 5-12 mm long. Inflorescence lax, of 2-4 verticils or occasionally subcapitate; verticils 4-6-flowered; bracts much reduced, the upper ones shorter than the calyx. Calyx fairly densely glandular-hispid, 7-8 mm long. Corolla white to pale mauve; tube 8-9 mm long; upper lip horizontal, oblong, concave, 4-5 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 6-7 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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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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Images

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Distribution

Stachys reticulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459909-1
WFO ID wfo-0000314507
COL ID 4ZFW3
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Synonyms

Stachys reticulata