Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lamiaceae | Keiskea
1. Keiskea elsholtzioides Merrill; Sunyatsenia. 3: 258. 1937.
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Keiskea elsholtzioides f. purpurea X. H. Guo.
Herbs. Stems ca. 40 cm; purplish red; densely spreading ciliate villous; subglabrescent. Petiole 5.5-7 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-oblong; 1.5-15 x 1.2-8 cm; ± leathery or thick papery; adaxially dark green; sparsely minutely hispid; subscabrous; abaxially sparsely ciliolate and impressed glandular; base cuneate to shallow cordate; margin crenate-serrate to coarsely serrate; apex acuminate. Racemes terminal and axillary; to 18 cm after anthesis; ciliate villous; verticillasters ± widely spaced. Pedicel ca. 2.5 mm. Calyx ca. 3 mm; ciliate hirsute; throat tufted ciliate on each tooth sinus; teeth ca. 2 mm; lanceolate; oblong-lanceolate; or ovate-lanceolate; margin sparsely ciliate. Corolla white; tinged purple; or purple; ca. 8 mm; puberulent; tube funnelform; ca. 1.7 mm wide at base; ca. 4.7 mm wide at throat; limb 2-lipped; lips straight; lobes circular; upper lobe ca. 1.6 mm; lower lobe ca. 2 mm. Exserted filaments purple. Ovary glabrous. Fl. Jun-Oct; fr. Oct-Nov.
* Grassy areas; thickets; broad-leaved forests on hills; 200-500 m. Anhui; Guangdong; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Zhejiang.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lamiaceae | Keiskea
1. Keiskea elsholtzioides Merrill; Sunyatsenia. 3: 258. 1937.
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Keiskea elsholtzioides f. purpurea X. H. Guo.
Herbs. Stems ca. 40 cm; purplish red; densely spreading ciliate villous; subglabrescent. Petiole 5.5-7 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-oblong; 1.5-15 x 1.2-8 cm; ± leathery or thick papery; adaxially dark green; sparsely minutely hispid; subscabrous; abaxially sparsely ciliolate and impressed glandular; base cuneate to shallow cordate; margin crenate-serrate to coarsely serrate; apex acuminate. Racemes terminal and axillary; to 18 cm after anthesis; ciliate villous; verticillasters ± widely spaced. Pedicel ca. 2.5 mm. Calyx ca. 3 mm; ciliate hirsute; throat tufted ciliate on each tooth sinus; teeth ca. 2 mm; lanceolate; oblong-lanceolate; or ovate-lanceolate; margin sparsely ciliate. Corolla white; tinged purple; or purple; ca. 8 mm; puberulent; tube funnelform; ca. 1.7 mm wide at base; ca. 4.7 mm wide at throat; limb 2-lipped; lips straight; lobes circular; upper lobe ca. 1.6 mm; lower lobe ca. 2 mm. Exserted filaments purple. Ovary glabrous. Fl. Jun-Oct; fr. Oct-Nov.
* Grassy areas; thickets; broad-leaved forests on hills; 200-500 m. Anhui; Guangdong; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Zhejiang.