Monographs Details:
Authority:
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae
Description:
Species Description - Perennial, finely pubescent; stems 1.5-7 dm. tall, much branched. Leaves ovate or orbicular-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse, crenate-serrate, rounded or subcordate at the base, slender-petioled; panicles 2-10 cm. long; calyx longer than the pedicels, glandular-hirsute, becoming 5-8 mm. long; lips about 1/3 as long as the long-campanulate tube; corolla 6-10 mm. long, white or blue, its tube included; style glabrous; nutlets fully 2 mm. long.
Species Description - Perennial, finely pubescent; stems 1.5-7 dm. tall, much branched. Leaves ovate or orbicular-ovate, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse, crenate-serrate, rounded or subcordate at the base, slender-petioled; panicles 2-10 cm. long; calyx longer than the pedicels, glandular-hirsute, becoming 5-8 mm. long; lips about 1/3 as long as the long-campanulate tube; corolla 6-10 mm. long, white or blue, its tube included; style glabrous; nutlets fully 2 mm. long.
Discussion:
Waste places and scrublands, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Andros, The Caicos, Grand Turk and Inagua : Bermuda ; Florida ; West Indies; continental tropical America. Consists of many races differing in pubescence, the corolla blue to white. Apparently referred to 8. tenella Sw. by Hitchcock. Erroneously called Catxkf. Listed by Dolley as Xcpita Vuturia L. Small White Sage.
Distribution:
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|