Derivation of specific name
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glabrata: glabrous, without hairs.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leucas glabrata (Vahl) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149280
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Perennial shrubby herb, up to c. 80 cm tall, much-branched from the base. Stems spreading to sub-erect. Leaves opposite, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, up to c. 6.5 × 2.5 cm, usually hairy; margin with a few teeth to almost entire. Flowers in several axillary, 2-10-flowered clusters. Calyx lanceolate-deltoid, 7-9 mm long at flowering time, 10-toothed. Corolla up to 15 mm long, white, 2 lipped; upper lip with a fringe of bristly hairs at the apex; lower lip fairly narrow, 2-lobed; anthers orange-red.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leucas glabrata (Vahl) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149280
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread from the Arabian Peninsula through East Africa to Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Leucas glabrata (Vahl) R. Br. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=149280
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
