✿Lamiaceae · Leucas
Leucas urticifolia
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- July-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Leucas urticifolia
- Genus
- Leucas
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Shaded wastelands and dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Balochistan, Arabia, Abyssinia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Nettle-like, coarsely toothedrecorded
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Leucas urticifolia 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 Leucas urticifolia itself; the rest are typical of the Lamiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Leucas urticifolia
A member of the Lamiaceae family, Leucas urticifolia is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Maharashtra. It grows in shaded wastelands and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Botanical family
Lamiaceae
Mint/Sage family
Leucas urticifolia belongs to the Lamiaceae family.
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