Elsholtzia pilosa (Benth.) Benth.
synonym | Aphanochilus pilosus Benth. |
synonym | Dysophylla mairei H.Lév. |
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Habit
Herbs
Family Description
Herbs,subshrubs or shrubs,often aromatic.Stems usually quadrangular.Leaves simple,rarely pinnatisect or compound,opposite and usually decussate or rarely whorled.Stipules absent.Inflorescence of cymes,often condensed,paired and appearing as whorls(verticillasters),in spike-like,capitate or paniculate arrangements,ocassionally cymes pedunculate and lax,forming a panicle.Bracts caducous or persistent;bracteoles present or absent.Flowers usually hermaphrodite.Calyx usually 5-lobed,bilabiate to regular or oblique.Corolla gamopetalous,regular to zygomorphic,4-5 lobed.Stamens 4,equal or varying in length or 2 with 2 staminodes;anthers 1-or-2-celled.Ovary superior,4-lobed,becoming 4-celled,each locule containing 1 basally attached ovule.Style completely gynobasic(arising from base of ovary between lobes) or only partially gynobasic,2-lobed or rarely punctate.Fruit of 4,usually dry,one-seeded nutlets,included in persistent calyx
Genus Description
Herbs or shrubs.Leaves petiolate or subsessile.Inflorescence spike like,terminal and axillary;spikes slender or stout,terete or secund;whorls usually conferted.Flowers small.Bracts linear to suborbicular,sometimes imbricate.Calyx ± regular,5-toothed,teeth subequal.Corolla sub-bilabiate or bilabiate;upper lip emarginate;lower lip 3-lobed.Stamens 4,didynamous;anthers 2-celled,becoming 1-celled.Style subequally 2-lobed.Nutlets smooth or tubercled.
Species description
Erect herb,28-60cm.Stems pilose.Leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic,2-5.5 x 0.9-3.8cm,acute,base cuneate,margins serrate,both surfaces pilose and sessile-glandular;petiole 0.5-4cm.Spikes 1.5-7x0.8cm,with bracts exceeding flowers.Bracts subulate,c 4 x 0.5mm,ciliate,tips often purplish.Calyx 2.2-2.5mm,in fruit up to 5mm;teeth subulate,about half length of calyx.Corolla pink to rose-purple,c 3.5mm.Nutlets oblong-ellipsoid,1.2 x 0.8mm.
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Elsholtzia |
Species | Elsholtzia pilosa (Benth.) Benth. |