Phlomis
betonicoides
Diels
Notes
Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 5:241 (1912)
Synonym:
Phlomoides betonicoides (Diels) R. Kamelin & Makhmedov
Distribution
in the wild:
China (Sichuan,
Xizang, Yunnan), on grassy slopes, forested grasslands,
forests, 2700-3000 m.
Flowering
in the wild:June-August
betonicoides
means with betony like leaves.
If
the spring is very dry, this plant can be very late to break
through the soil (June/July) so care should be taken not
to hoe it away. A wet spring (or watering) will bring it
through much earlier.
Herbaceous
perennial 30–80 cm. Roots like a string of beads. Basal
leaves green, narrowly ovate to triangular, rounded to cordate
at base, crenate to dentate at margin, 7–16 × 5–9 cm;
petioles 3–16 cm. Stem leaves 5–9 × 2–4.5 cm. Floral
leaves 2.5–8 × 1–3.5 cm, toothed and sessile. Flowering
stems unbranched, 30–80 cm, bearing up to 8 whorls of many
flowers. Bracteoles dark purple, linear subulate to 13 mm,
ciliate. Calyx tubular to campanulate, to 13 mm; teeth, spreading, 2–4 mm. Corolla purple, to 18 mm. Nutlets hairless. Hardy to –15°C
P.
betonicoides Diels f. alba C.Y. Wu
A
white form, not in cultivation.
