Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lamiaceae | Isodon
34. Isodon wikstroemioides (Handel-Mazzetti) H. Hara; J. Jap. Bot. 60: 237. 1985.
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Plectranthus wikstroemioides Handel-Mazzetti; Acta Horti Gothob. 13: 369. 1939; Rabdosia wikstroemioides (Handel-Mazzetti) H. Hara.
Shrubs 0.6-1.5 m; much branched. Branches grayish brown; glabrescent; branchlets brown; densely glandular tomentulose. Petiole 1-4 mm; densely tomentulose; glandular; leaf blade lanceolate to oblanceolate; 0.8-1.5 cm x 5-7 mm; papery; adaxially densely tomentulose; papillate glandular; abaxially gray; densely floccose-tomentose; yellowish glandular; base broadly cuneate to ± truncate; abruptly attenuate; margin entire to obscurely few dentate above middle; apex acute to rounded; lateral veins 3-5-paired. Cymes axillary; shorter than floral leaves; pedunculate; 3-5-flowered; peduncle densely glandular; tomentulose; upper floral leaves gradually smaller; narrower. Pedicel 1-3 mm; densely glandular; tomentulose. Calyx campanulate; ca. 4 mm; densely glandular tomentose; 10-veined; teeth subequal; narrowly triangular; ca. 1/3 as long as calyx; apex acute; fruiting calyx tubular-campanulate; ca. 6 mm; conspicuously veined. Corolla purplish or yellowish white; ca. 7 mm; whitish puberulent outside; tube straight; ca. 3 mm. Stamens included. Style included. Nutlets dark brown; triquetrous; oblong; to 1.5 mm; glabrous. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct.
* Hills; valleys; thickets; 2300-3200 m. Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.