假水苏 jia shui su

Phlomis oblongata Schrenk ex Fischer & C. Meyer, Enum. Pl. Nov. 1: 29. 1841.

Herbs perennial. Stems unbranched, erect, 25-90 cm tall, much branched at middle and toward apex, pubescent. Petiole 0.5-3 cm, densely pubescent; mid stem leaf blades oblong-ovate, 6-11 × 2-4.5 cm, sparsely pubescent, base broadly cuneate, margin coarsely acute serrate, apex long acuminate; lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs. Verticillasters 3-3.5 cm in diam., in widely spaced spikes; floral leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 × 1-1.8 cm; bracts rigid, spiny, 8-10 × 0.5 mm, puberulent, ciliate. Flowers sessile. Calyx obconical, ca. 1 cm, puberulent outside; teeth ca. 5 mm, triangular, apex spinescent-acuminate. Corolla purple-red, ca. 2 cm, sparsely white villous on upper lip and middle of lower lip outside; tube ca. 1 cm; upper lip ovate, concave, ca. 10 × 8 mm; lower lip spreading, ovate, ca. 9 × 8 mm; middle lobe subentire, ca. 4 × 4 mm; lateral lobes ovate, ca. 2.5 mm. Ovary glabrous. Nutlets ovoid, triquetrous, ca. 3 × 2 mm, base cuneate, apex obliquely truncate, glabrous. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.

Subalpine meadows, grassy slopes, thickets; 2000-2300 m. Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan].