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Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phlomis L., Sp. Pl. 584-587 (1753)
Description
Perennial herbs or small shrubs; rhizomes sometimes present, occasionally tuberous; hairs usually stellate or dendroid, often pilose or tomentose. Lvs simple, usually toothed. Bracts usually similar to lvs. Verticels few- to many-flowered, often very dense in distant whorls. Calyx tubular, or narrow-campanulate, not gibbous at base, 5–10-nerved; teeth 5, equal or unequal. Corolla 2-lipped, purple to pink or yellow; tube < to = calyx; upper lip hooded or at least concave, generally tomentose and curving over lower lip; lower lip patent, 3-lobed. Stamens exserted; 2 filaments often with appendages at base; anther cells divergent. Style gynobasic; branches unequal. Nutlets trigonous, glabrous or hairy.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
