Isotype of Stachys fruticetorumBriq. [family LAMIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Stachys aethiopicaL. [family LAMIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Stachys fruticetorum
Stachys aethiopica
Flora
Entry for STACHYS fruticetorum Briq. [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
STACHYS fruticetorumBriq. [family LABIATAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 me sér. iii. 1083
Information
a branched herb about 8 in. high; branches divergent-ascending, rather flaccid, retrorsely pilose; leaves cordate-ovate, up to 1 1/4 in. long, 3/4 in. broad, obtuse-rounded, regularly and rather coarsely crenate-dentate, thin, sparingly pilose; auricles distant; petiole up to 7 1/2 lin. long; inflorescence 1 1/4–2 in. long; bracts ovate-elliptic, more or less petiolate, as long as the calyx; whorls 2–6-flowered; pedicels 1/2–1 lin. long; calyx narrowly obconical at the base, then abruptly and broadly funnel-shaped-campanulate, 3 lin. long, shortly pilose; tube 2 lin. long; teeth broadly triangular-lanceolate, equal, about 1 1/2 lin. long, nearly 1 lin. broad at the base, shortly subspinescent-acuminate; corolla pilose outside; tube rather broad, 2 1/2–3 lin. long; upper lip oblong, 2 1/2 lin. long, emarginate; lower lip 3 1/2 lin. long; median lobe obcordate; lateral lobes obliquely rounded, smaller. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Cape Div.; Simons Bay, Prior! Stellenbosch Div.; Lowrys Pass, Schlechter, 1179!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Wright, 496! 503 partly (in Dublin Herb.)! Prior!