Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Leucas helianthemifolia Benth. |
| synonym | Phlomis hirta B.Heyne ex Roth |
🗒 Common Names
| No Data |
📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Erect herbs; branches covered with reflexed hairs. Leaves 5-6 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, obtuse, acute at base, distantly crenate, hirtus above, densely tomentose beneath; petiole 8 mm long. Heads terminal; bracts 10 x 1 mm, linear, bristly. Flowers 15-30 in a head; calyx tube 7 mm long, white, densely hairy outside; corolla tube 5 mm long, upper lip emarginate, white, hairy, midlobe of lower lip emarginate.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests, Endemic to Peninsular India
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Grasslands and shola forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Peninsular India
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad
Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Salem, Tirunelveli, Viluppuram
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Endemic Distribution
Peninsular India
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Phlomis hirta Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 264. 1821.
- Leucas hirta (Heyne ex Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 743. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 687. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1153(806). 1924; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 219. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 378. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 367. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 288. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 361. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 54. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 549. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 319. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 250. 1999; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Leucas 90. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 248. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 401. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 655. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Phlomis hirta Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 264. 1821.
- Leucas hirta (Heyne ex Roth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 743. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 687. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1153(806). 1924; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 219. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 378. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 367. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 288. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 361. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 54. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 549. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 319. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 250. 1999; V. Singh, Monogr. Indian Leucas 90. 2001; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 248. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 401. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 655. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Lamiales |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Genus | Leucas |
| Species | Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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