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Labiatae-Group-B
Plants with corollas 5 mm long or more; stellate or dendroid or stellate-peltate hairs present on some part of plant (leaves, calyces or corollas); or plants with spine-tipped leaves or spines in leaf ands.
Key to Group B
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Spiny shrubs or subshrubs |
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Shrubs or perennial herbs without spines |
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2 (1) |
Calyx lobes ± erect and oblong in fruit; leaves simple to pinnate |
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25 Lagochilus |
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Calyx limb spreading and irregularly 5 or more toothed in fruit; leaves simple |
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28 Otostegia |
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3 (1) |
Leaf margin entire |
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Leaf margin not entire |
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4 (3) |
Inflorescence a terminal congested spike [cultivated] |
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5 Lavandula |
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Inflorescence of ± distant verticillasters [cultivated or native] |
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5 (4) |
Evergreen pleasantly aromatic shrub; stamens 2 [cultivated] |
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3 Rosmarinus |
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Perennial malodorous herb; stamens 4 [native] |
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30 Stachys |
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6 (3) |
Stamens 2. |
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Stamens 4. |
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7 (6) |
Corolla c. 10 mm long, ± violet-blue; leaves not divided to pinna tisect [native] |
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34 Perovskia |
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Corolla 6-7 mm long, whitish; leaves not divided [cultivated] |
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35 Meriandra |
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8 (6) |
Inflorescence of cymes borne on slender lateral branches |
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54 Isodon |
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Inflorescence of ± sessile verti cillasters |
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9 (8) |
Calyx throat densely bearded internally |
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7 Marrubium |
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Calyx throat glabrous or pilose internally |
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10 (9) |
Corolla 6-10 mm long; calyx 35-5 mm long; nutlets rounded |
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Corolla more than 20 mm long; calyx more than 10 mm long; nutlets truncate (See also Colquhounia coccinea Wall at the end of "Labiatae" description). |
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11 (10) |
Corolla rose to magenta, 6-7 mm, upper and lower lips scarcely differentiated; tube squat, included in calyx |
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30 Stachys |
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Corolla whitish mauve, 10 mm long, upper and lower lips clearly differentiated |
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9 Nepeta |
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12 (10) |
Leaves not divided; corolla rose to violet; nutlets apically ± glabrous |
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18 Phlomis |
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Leaves pinnatisect, coarsely lobed or not divided; corolla yellow, pink or white; nutlets apically densely bearded |
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17 Eremostachys |
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