Stachys rudatisii Skan

Species

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Characteristics

Apparently a prostrate or decumbent, branched, perennial herb; stems fairly stout, branched, up to 0.3 m or more long, deeply 4-furrowed, glandular-hispidulous, with retrorse multicellular hairs and copious short glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate, (20-)30-45 x (15-)20-25 mm, densely glandular-hispidulous, apex obtuse to rounded, base cordate, margin regularly and shallowly crenulate; petiole 10-25 mm long. Inflorescence of few to several 2-flowered verticils in the axils of leaf-like bracts; bracts scarcely differentiated or becoming smaller towards the apex. Calyx glandular-hispid, 7-8 mm long. Corolla white; tube 8-9 mm long; upper lip ascending, 4 mm long and equally broad; lower lip horizontal, 7-8 mm long.
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Perennial, decumbent herb, ± 0.3 m long; stems branched, fairly stout, deeply 4-furrowed; glandular-hispidulous with retrorse, multicellular hairs and copious, short, glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate, ovate, 30-45 x 20-50 mm, base cordate, apex obtuse to rounded, margins regularly and shallowly crenulate; densely glandular-hispidulous. Inflorescence of few to several verticils in axils of leaf-like bracts; verticillasters 2-flowered; bracts scarcely differentiated or becoming smaller towards apex. Flowers white. Calyx glandular-hispid. Corolla: tube 8-9 mm long; upper lip ascending; lower lip horizontal.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Edible -
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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 rudatisii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459928-1
WFO ID wfo-0000314536
COL ID 4ZFWP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys rudatisii