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Ajuga ciliata chanetii (Ajuga ciliata chanetii)

Description

Herbs perennial.Stems erect,25-40 cm tall,purplish red or greenish red.Petiole 1 cm or more,sometimes purple-red,amplexicaul,gray pilose or ciliate only on margin;leaf blade ovate-elliptic to narrowly elliptic,4-7.5 × 3.2-4 cm,strigose or pilose,base cuneate-decurrent,margin irregularly double dentate,ciliate,apex obtuse to acute.Inflorescences terminal,5-10 cm,of crowded verticillasters;floral leaves sometimes purplish red,ovate,1-1.5 cm,base cuneate,margin entire to slightly incised,apex acute.Calyx funnelform-campanulate,7-8 mm,glabrous;teeth pilose,ciliate,narrowly triangular,1/2 or more as long as calyx,apically acute,regular.Corolla tube 2 × or more as long as calyx,pilose,puberulent,villous annulate inside;upper lip straight,apex rounded and emarginate;lower lip enlarged,elongated,with middle lobe obcordate and lateral lobes linear-oblong.Nutlets adaxially swollen at middle,areole covering almost entire adaxial side.Fl.Apr-Aug,fr.Jul-Sep.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Lamiaceae

              • Genus: Ajuga