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Phlomis
atropurpurea
Dunn
Notes Roy.
Bot. Gard. Edinb. 8:169 (1913)
Synonym:
Phlomoides
atropurpurea (Dunn) Kamelin &
Makhmedov
Distribution
in the wild: China
(Yunnan), in marshy meadows and open pasture at 2800-3900
m.
atropurpurea
means deep purple.
Flowering
in the wild: June–August
The
form in commerce was found in boggy acid soil. It requires
a continuously damp soil through the growing season to do
well here, but soil type doesn’t seem to be important. It
is a dainty plant which also does well in a pot if kept moist.
Hardy to -15°C.
Herbaceous
perennial to 20-30 (-60) cm. Thickened roots. Basal leaf laminas
glossy green, hairless, ovate, cordate at base, crenate at
margin, 2.5-11 × 1.5-8 cm; petiole 2-28 cm. Floral leaves
(1.5- 4 × 0.4-2.2 cm) serrate or subentire; short petiole
or sessile. Flowering stems (20-60cm) bearing 1-4 whorls each
with many flowers. Bracteoles linear-subulate 3-10 × 2 mm,
sparsely ciliate, almost hairless. Calyx tubular to campanulate,
to 12 mm, teeth 2-3 mm. Corolla 17-20 mm, dull purple. Central
lobe of lower lip 7 × 9 mm. Nutlets hairless.
P.
atropurpurea Dunn f. pallidor C.Y. Wu
A pale
coloured form, not in cultivation.
P.
atropurpurea Dunn
f. pilosa C.Y. Wu
A form covered with long
soft hairs, not in cultivation.
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