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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Marrubium L., Sp. Pl. 582-584 (1753)
Description
Perennial herbs or subshrubs, with usually whitish tomentum, or at least densely hairy; rhizomes 0 or very short. Lvs simple, toothed. Verticels in axillary, many-flowered whorls. Bracts toothed, similar to lvs. Calyx tubular-obconic, usually 10-nerved, not gibbous at base; tube densely hairy in throat, 5–10–(30)-toothed. Corolla tube < calyx, with or without a ring of hairs inside; limb 2-lipped; upper lip straight, 2-lobed; lower lip with 2 small lateral lobes. Stamens 4, included; anther cells in 2 outer (front) stamens longer; anthers divergent. Style gynobasic, its branches unequal. Nutlets smooth, ellipsoid or nearly so, truncate at apex.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
