✿Lamiaceae · Leucas
Horehound Leucas
Leucas marrubioides
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- June-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leucas marrubioides
- Genus
- Leucas
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Continental Southeast Asia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Horehound 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 Horehound Leucas itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Horehound Leucas
Horehound Leucas (Leucas marrubioides) is a low shrub in the Lamiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in moist and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Horehound Leucas belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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