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Leonotis leonurus

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Identification
Leonotis leonurus (L.) R.Br. [family LAMIACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for LEONOTIS Leonurus R. Br. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 226, (1912) Author: By N. E. BROWN, T. COOKE and S. A. SKAN.
Names
LEONOTIS Leonurus R. Br. [family LABIATAE], [in] Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, iii. 410;—Benth. Lab. 620, in E. Meyer, Comm. 243, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 536; Krauss in Flora, 1845, 66; Lynch in Gard. Chron. 1883, xix. 186, fig. 28; Morris in Ann. Bot. i. 160; Wood & Evans, Natal Pl. i. t. 53.
Phlomis Leonurus Linn. [family LABIATAE], Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 820, and Mant. ii. 412; Berg. Descr. Pl. Cap. 151; Bot. Mag. t. 478; Thunb. Prodr. 95, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 446.
Leonurus africanus Mill. [family LABIATAE], Dict. ed. 8, n. 1.
Leonurus grandiflorus Moench [family LABIATAE], Meth. Pl. 400.
Information
shrubby; stems up to 7 or 8 ft. high, branched, densely and shortly adpressed-pubescent; leaves subsessile to shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 2–4 in. long, 1/4–1 in. broad, obtuse, much narrowed at the base, crenate-serrate, shortly pubescent, often rather densely beneath, prominently veined beneath; floral leaves similar but smaller, the uppermost usually sterile; whorls up to about 7, distant or approximate, usually densely flowered; bracteoles narrowly linear, up to 1 in. long, scarcely spinescent; pedicels up to 2 lin. long; calyx 6 1/2–8 lin. long, slightly oblique at the throat, densely and shortly pubescent, sometimes with longer spreading hairs; teeth 8–10, deltoid to narrowly deltoid, 1/4–1 1/4 rarely up to 1 3/4 lin. long, subequal or very unequal, acute, usually soft, rarely slightly spinescent; corolla orange-scarlet, up to 2 1/4 in. long or more; tube 14–18 lin. long; upper lip 6–9 lin. long; lower lip 3 1/4–4 lin. long. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, 1000–2000 ft., Drège, 7955 b! Cape Div.; various localities on the Cape Peninsula and near Cape Town, Harvey! Wright, 505! Prior! MacGillivray, 569! Milne, 133! Wolley-Dod, 662! Ecklon, 48! Burchell, 108! Drège, 7955 a! Burke! MacOwan & Bolus, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 591! Knysna Div.; near Stofpad, Burchell, 5288! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 14! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1499! Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, 2000–3000 ft., Drège! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, MacOwan! Williamson! Schlechter, 2624! Bolton! Miss Daly & Miss Cherry, 943! and without precise locality, Atherstone, 38! Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Berg, Hutton! 4000 ft., Shaw, 1992! Stutterheim Div.; near Dohne Post, Bowker, 86! Komgha Div.; between Zandplaat and Komgha, 2000–3000 ft., Drège. Var. β: Malmesbury Div.; Mamre, 2000–2500 ft., Baur, 160! Worcester Div.; Hex River, Drège, 4829!EASTERN REGION Transkei; near Kentani, 1200 ft., Miss Pegler, 368! Pondoland; St. Johns River, Drège, 4828 b! Griqualand East; near Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 2796! Natal; near Durban, Plant, 32! between the Umzimkulu River and the Umkomanzi River, Drège, and without precise locality, Cooper, 1115! Gerrard, 19! Sanderson, 30! Var. β: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 164! Zululand; Eshowe, Mrs. K. Saunders, 1!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Sable Falls to Pilgrims Rest, common near Burghers Pass (a form with unusually long calyx-teeth), Burtt-Davy, 433!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg! Ecklon! Forbes! Pappe! Harvey, 562! Wallich!

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