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Leonurus cardiaca L.

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Leonurus cardiaca L.
Leonurus cardiaca L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Leonurus cardiaca L.
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Leonurus cardiaca

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cardiaca

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Leonurus cardiaca L.

Scarcely aromatic perennial. Stems to c. 1.5 m tall, hairy, especially on angles. Petioles to c. 20 cm long, densely hairy. Lamina variously lobed or dissected; lamina of lower lvs 6-10 × 5.5-10 cm, broad-ovate, usually 7-lobed with lobes lobulate, dark shining green and with appressed hairs above, more densely hairy below, especially on the veins; base cordate. Upper lvs and bracts similar, 3-5-lobed; lobes nearly entire or coarsely toothed; base broad-cuneate to rounded; apex acuminate. Calyx tube 3-4 mm long, sparsely hairy or glabrous; teeth 2-3 mm long, subulate, the lower becoming deflexed. Corolla 8-10 mm long (to apex of upper lip), pale pink except for purple spots on upper and lower lips; tube with ring of white hairs inside; upper lip c. 4.5 mm long, with white-villous hairs outside; lower lip 3-4 mm long, with recurved lobes. Nutlets c. 2 mm long, sharply angled, with apical tuft of hairs.

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Leonurus cardiaca L.
Leonurus cardiaca L.

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Leonurus cardiaca L.
New Zealand
Leonurus cardiaca L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Leonurus cardiaca L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Leonurus cardiaca L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Leonurus cardiaca L.
United Kingdom

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81703719-2c70-48a6-a910-0a31c5026d9f
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1 January 2000
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