Ecology & growing context

Native status · Kew WCVP: WCVP native range includes India, West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Mauritania to India.
Recorded habitat: Shaded wastelands and dry deciduous forests
Explore nearby plants: Delhi →Jammu & Kashmir →Maharashtra →

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How to identify Leucas urticifolia

Identify Leucas urticifolia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.

Look for a herb habit.
Confirm leaf shape: Nettle-like, coarsely toothed.
Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
Confirm flower arrangement: Spike (stalkless flowers along a stem).
In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-December.
In India, compare location records such as Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra.
Confirm it sits within the Lamiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Leucas urticifolia.

Plant Details

Scientific name: Leucas urticifolia
Genus: Leucas
Family: Lamiaceae
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Shaded wastelands and dry deciduous forests
Habitat type: Forest, Wasteland
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
Type: Simple
Margin: Toothed
Venation: Pinnate

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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