Leonurus cardiaca L.
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Leonurus cardiaca L.
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Leonurus 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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81703719-2c70-48a6-a910-0a31c5026d9f
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1 January 2000