Leucas stricta Benth., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 61 1830. (syn: Phlomis stricta B.Heyne ex Hook.f.);
India; Myanmar as per WCSP;

Erect, annual herbs, 15-25 cm high; stem and branches 4-gonous, pubescent and sparsely hispidly hairy with spreading hairs. Leaves 2.5-6.5 x 0.3-1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, entire or distantly serrulate, pubescent both sides and with scattered hairs on the veins, subsessile or shortly petioled. Flower-whorls upto 2 cm in diam., terminal, solitary, subtended by a whorl of floral leaves, rarely another whorl of flowers develops below the terminal one. Bracts 7-10 mm long, about as long as calyx, linear, rigid, ciliate. Calyx-tube 7-10 mm long, tubular to funnel-shaped, straight or slightly curved, ribbed, pubescent and with scattered long white hairs outside especially near the mouth, pubescent within; mouth suboblique; villi shorter than teeth; teeth 10, 2-4 mm long, subequal, subulate-acicular, ciliate; ribs 10, prominent within rather than outside, in continuation with 10 teeth. Corolla-tube included within the calyx; upper lip bearded with white hairs, shorter than lower. Nutlets ca 3 mm long, oblong, rounded at top, smooth, brown.

Flowering and fruiting: September-February
Wasteplaces
India to Indo-China
(Attributions-Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Images by (JM Garg – Id by Surajit Koley), (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)

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Leucas longifolia (Dudhani)? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

On 13/9/08 at Vanasthalipuram Deer Park in Hyderabad, AP. I hope the Id is correct.


A reply from another thread:

“you may like to add one more feather in your cap, as proud owner of (most probably) Leucas stricta Wall. ex Benth. Another closely related species is L. clarkei Hook. f.”


Yes Sir, this is Leucas stricta Wall. ex Benth.; terminal whorl subtended by linear bracts as long as calyx, also subtended by leaves; funnel shaped slightly curved calyx tube with subulate acicular teeth.


 

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Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng. 15Feb SN 18 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng., erect herb in rainfed agriculture fields, near Krishnagiri, Tamilnadu


Thanks, … But these images look different from Leucas hirta identified by you at Leucas hirta (B.Heyne ex Roth) Spreng. SN Sep 29 & Leucas (Lamiaceae) for ID :: 060115 :: MK007


Yes, it looks different from Leucas hirta 


For me it looks like common L.aspera.  


It may be Leucas aspera.


Looks different from other images at Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link

Also looks different from images at Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng.


Leucas stricta

References:

Catalogue of Life 
The Plant List Ver.1.1
 WCSP  IPNI  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora Kerala Plants  JSTOR  Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (2000- Details with keys)

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