Leucas ciliata Benth.
synonym | Leucas ciliata var. hirsuta Benth. |
Tshangla/Sharchop |
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Habit
Annual herb
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
Annual or perennial herbs.Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate,entire or serrate.Inflorescences of many-flowered verticillasters,crowded or distant.Bracts ovate lanceolate to subulate.Calyx 10-nerved,tubular;apex straight or oblique,not bilabiate;teeth 8-10.Corolla bilabiate,upper lip entire,densely hirsute on outside;lower lip 3-lobed,longer than upper lip,median lobe larger than lateral lobes.Stamens 4,ascending;anthers 2-celled.Style bifid.Nutlets oblong,trigonous,scar small.
Species description
Annual herb.Stems erect,30-90cm,often branched,usually densely yellow-brown villous.Leaves lanceolate,4.4-12.8 x 1-3.5cm,acuminate,base cuneate,margins shallowly serrate,both surfaces sparsely to densely villous;petiole up to 14mm.Bracts subulate.Verticillasters usually only 2 on branches,just separated.Calyx 12-15mm,apex straight;teeth 10,4.5-5mm.Corolla white,17-18mm;upper lip 5-6mm,densely yellow-brown hirsute,lower lip c 10mm.Nutlets 2.5 x 1.4mm.
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Leucas |
Species | Leucas ciliata Benth. |