Stachys sublobata Skan

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial many-stemmed herb; stems decumbent or ascending up to 0.3 m long, sparsely hispidulous with occasionally longish spreading hairs. Leaves shortly petiolate; blade small, often folded along the midrib, fairly thick in texture, narrowly triangular, 10-15 x 4-6 mm, sparingly hispidulous on both surfaces with gland-dots sometimes present beneath, apex acute, base openly cordate, margin deeply crenate with 4 or 5 lobe-like teeth up to 1.5 mm long on each side. Inflorescence lax, of a few 2(-6)-flowered verticils; bracts leaf-like below becoming linear-lanceolate and sub-equal to the calyx above. Calyx thinly glandular-hispid, 6-7 mm long. Corolla mauve; tube 6-8 mm long; upper lip spreading to erect, 4-5 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 6-8 mm long.
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Sparsely hairy, spreading perennial to 30 cm. Leaves shortly petiolate, narrowly triangular and often folded, coarsely lobed. Flowers mostly in pairs, calyx thinly glandular-hairy, corolla mauve.
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 5-6
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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 sublobata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460013-1
WFO ID wfo-0000314650
COL ID 4ZFZ7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys sublobata