Lanceleaf Leucas
Leucas lanceifolia
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- October-June (WG)
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leucas lanceifolia
- Genus
- Leucas
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Hills of dry and moist deciduous forests, also margins of shola forests and grasslands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-June (WG)
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lanceleaf Leucas itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Nutlets
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lanceleaf Leucas itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Lanceleaf Leucas
A member of the Lamiaceae family, Lanceleaf Leucas (Leucas lanceifolia) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in hills of dry and moist deciduous forests, also margins of shola forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to June (WG).
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Lanceleaf Leucas belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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