Stachys tibetica Vatke

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
    (Mint Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Menitskia tibetica (Vatke) Krestovsk.; Stachys tibetica Vatke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eriophyton tibeticum (Vatke) Ryding
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Low, much-branched shrubby perennial to 60cm; Stems slender, stiff; Leaves narrow, lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, entire or shallowly lobed, short stalk or stalkless; Flowers few, pink in widely spaced whorls, hairy.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- September
  • Distribution :
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu & Kashmir
  • Native : India, Pakistan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Pakistan
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of N. Arun Kumar
    • Oleg Polunin., Adam Stainton (1997). Flowers of the Himalaya, Pg:327
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Stachys tibetica. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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