Authority:

Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

Family:

Lamiaceae

Description:

Species Description - Erect subshrub to 25 cm tall, many-branched from a woody base; stems obtusely 4-angled, cylindrical at base, pilose, especially on young parts. Leaf blades 1-2.5 x 0.7-1.5 cm, ovate to triangular, chartaceous, densely pubescent on lower surface, the apex obtuse, the base rounded, truncate or nearly cordate, the margins entire to crenate-serrate; petioles 3-17 mm long. Inflorescence to 10 cm long; bracts elliptic-lanceolate, 3-4 mm long, ciliate; calyx green, bell-shaped, 4-5.5 mm long, densely covered with capitate-glandular hairs; corolla white or lavender, 6-7.5 mm long, glabrous, the upper lip shorter than the lower one; stamens included. Seeds 4, 3-angled, ellipsoid, 1.5-1.7 mm long, light brown, smooth.

Distribution:

Central America| West Indies| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Anegada Virgin Islands South America|