Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Leucas > L. zeylanica

Description: Small erect herbs; branches villous. Leaves to 6 x 1 cm, elliptic, obtuse at apex, scabrous; petiole 5 mm long. Heads terminal and upper axillary; bracts 6 mm long, linear, acute, ciliate. Flowers 10-20 in a head; calyx 6 mm long, mouth slightly oblique, teeth 1 mm long, scabrous; corolla tube 7 mm long, upper lip obovate, with black hairs, midlobe of lower lip rounded.

Flowering and Fruiting : May-July

Uses : Medicinal, Ornamental

Cultivation: Cultivated, Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org