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Otostegia modesta

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Name

Identification
Otostegia modesta S.Moore [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sebald,O.,
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Entry for OTOSTEGIA modesta S. Moore [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding (Aeollanthus, Basilicum, Clinopodium, Endostemon, Fuerstia, Hoslundia, Lavandula, Leucas, Micromeria, Nepeta, Ocimum, Orthosiphon, Otostegia, Plectranthus, Renschia, Salvia, Scutellaria, Stachys, Teucrium, Tinnea) and M. Thulin (Clerodendrum, Premna, Rotheca, Vitex) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
OTOSTEGIA modesta S. Moore [family LABIATAE], (1899);. type: N1, “Wagga” Mt, Lort Phillips s.n. (BM holo.).
Ballota fruticosa Baker [family LABIATAE], (1895), non O. fruticosa (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penz. (1893);. type: N1, “Golis” Range, Cole s.n. (K holo.).
Information
Shrub, 0.8–1.5 m tall, with short hairs. Petiole 1–6 mm long; leaf-blades ovate, elliptic or obovate, up to 3–16 × 3–10 mm, white tomentose below, apex rounded, base cuneate, margin with 2–4 rounded teeth at each side. Cymes 1–4-flowered; bracteoles subulate to linear, rather stiff, 1–5 mm long. Calyx 8–16 mm long; limb widely funnel-shaped, not distinctly lobed, horizontally 7–13 mm in diam., vertically 8–14 mm in diam. Corolla 13–20 mm long. Nutlets c. 2.3 × 1.3 mm.

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