Stachys tubulosa Macowan

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Stachys

Characteristics

Soft straggling herb, probably perennial; stems weak, slender, sparingly branched, softly pilose, with long internodes. Leaves long petiolate; blade thin-textured, broadly ovate, 35-65 x 25-55 mm, softly pilose especially on the nerves, apex acute or subacute, base deeply cordate, margin regularly crenate; petiole 18-40 mm long. Inflorescence of 1-3 verticils, subcapitate or interrupted; verticils 4-6-flowered, flowers subsessile. Calyx softly hispid, 6-8 mm long at flowering. Corolla pinkish white flecked with mauve or deep mauve; tube 12-18 mm long, arcuate or nearly straight; upper lip ascending, 7 mm long; lower lip deflexed, 5 mm long.
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Perennial herb, 0.1-0.2 m high; straggling, stems slender, sparingly branched, internodes long, softly pilose. Leaves long petiolate, thin-textured, broadly ovate, 35-65 x 25-55 mm, base deeply cordate, apex acute or subacute, margins regularly crenate; softly pilose especially on nerves. Inflorescence of 1-3 verticils, subcapitate or interrupted; verticillasters 4-6-flowered. Flowers subsessile; pinkish white-flecked with mauve or deep mauve. Calyx softly hispid. Corolla: tube 12-18 mm long, arcuate or nearly straight; upper lip ascending; lower lip deflexed.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Stachys tubulosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460062-1
WFO ID wfo-0000314710
COL ID 4ZG2L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Stachys dolichodeira Stachys tubulosa Lamiostachys tubulosa