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Isodon lophanthoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara
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Herbs perennial, repent at base, with underground globose root tubers. Stems 0.5-1.5 m tall, erect to ascending, puberulent or pilose, many leafed at base. Stem leaves opposite; petiole equal to or longer than blade; leaf blade broadly lanceolate to ovate, 1.5-20 × 0.5-8.5 cm, papery, minutely hirsute, adaxially olive green, abaxially greenish, sparsely brown glandular, base cuneate to rounded, rarely shallow cordate, margin crenate, apex obtuse to acuminate. Panicles terminal and axillary, 7-20 × 3-6 cm; cymes helicoid, 11-13-flowered, pedunculate; floral leaves bractlike, ovate; bracteoles linear, 3-5 mm, slightly longer than pedicels. Calyx campanulate, ca. 2 mm, ca. 1.7 mm wide at mouth, base sparsely villous outside, sparsely red-brown glandular, 2-lipped to 2/3 its length; teeth ovate-triangular, lower 2 longer; fruiting calyx elongated, 4.5-5 mm. Corolla white or rose, with purple spots on limb, 2-7 mm; tube 3.7-5 mm, straight; upper lip 1.6-2 mm, lower lip slightly longer. Stamens and style much exserted. Nutlets brown, compressed ovoid, ca. 1 × 0.75 mm, glabrous, smooth. Fl. and fr. Aug-Dec.
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"Herbs, often decumbent at base; stem densely glandular-hairy. Leaves 6 x 5 cm, acute at apex, glabrous above, covered with red glands below; petiole 5-7 cm long. Panicle 10-25 cm long, with slender branches. Flowers many; calyx 3 mm long, densely red-glandular, hirtus, upper lip 2-lobed; corolla 7 mm long, lower lip concave, obtuse, white."
Hills, forests, ravines, thickets, rice paddies, streamsides; 400-3000 m.
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Flowering and fruiting: July-December
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
"Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Endemic to Western Ghats"
Notes: Moist Deciduous forests
"Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Malapuram Tamil Nadu: Nilgiri"
"Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg, Thane"