Craniotome furcata (Link) Kuntze

Habit

Perennial herb

Family Description

Herbs,subshrubs or shrubs,often aromatic.Stems usually quadrangular.Leaves simple,rarely pinnatisect or compound,opposite and usually decussate or rarely whorled.Stipules absent.Inflorescence of cymes,often condensed,paired and appearing as whorls(verticillasters),in spike-like,capitate or paniculate arrangements,ocassionally cymes pedunculate and lax,forming a panicle.Bracts caducous or persistent;bracteoles present or absent.Flowers usually hermaphrodite.Calyx usually 5-lobed,bilabiate to regular or oblique.Corolla gamopetalous,regular to zygomorphic,4-5 lobed.Stamens 4,equal or varying in length or 2 with 2 staminodes;anthers 1-or-2-celled.Ovary superior,4-lobed,becoming 4-celled,each locule containing 1 basally attached ovule.Style completely gynobasic(arising from base of ovary between lobes) or only partially gynobasic,2-lobed or rarely punctate.Fruit of 4,usually dry,one-seeded nutlets,included in persistent calyx

Genus Description

Perennial herbs.Stems erect,branched,pubescent.Leaves petiolate,serrate,villous.Inflorescence of paired,pedunculate,many-flowered cymes.Calyx regular,campanulate,globose in fruit;teeth 5.Corolla bilabiate;upper lip minute,entire;lower lip 3-lobed,slightly longer than upper.Stamens 4,ascending,subequal to upper lip;anthers 2-celled.Style typically flattened,bifid.Nutlets subglobose,scar minute.

Species description

Stems 18-200cm,branched,softly villous-pubescent,glabrescent below.Leaves ovate to shallowly cordate,margins serrate,both surfaces appressed villous;petiole 1-5.6cm.Calyx 1.8-2mm;teeth triangular,0.5mm.Corolla pale purple or pink,3.5-4mm;upper lip entire,c 0.5mm.Nutlets 0.8 x 0.7mm.

Phuentsholing, Chukha, Gelephu, Deothang, Punakha, Wangdi Phodrang(Lometsawa). 1000-2400m.