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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/4/2013)
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Species
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Hyptis pulegioides Pohl ex Benth.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Lab. Gen. et Sp. 128, 1833.
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Synonym
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Mesosphaerum pulegiodes (Pohl ex Benth.) 0. Ktze., Rev. Gen. P1. 2: 527, 1891.
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Description
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Herbs, erect to 60 cm, pubescent with uniseriate appressed hairs. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, entire or mostly dentate, to ca 3.8 cm long and ca 1-2.5 cm wide, pubescent on both surfaces, more so on the veins beneath. Inflorescences capitula, ca 1 cm wide, axillary, sessile to peduncles ca 1 cm long, the bracts filiform, ca 3-4 mm long. Flowers crowded, very pubescent at their bases; calyx tube ca 2-3 mm long, membranaceous, the teeth lanceolate, ca 1 mm long, the cleft between the upper teeth cut more deeply; corolla ca 1-1.5 mm long, the tube naked within, the lips ca 0.2-0.3 mm long, sparingly pubescent; stamens weakly exserted, the anthers 0.1-0.2 mm long; style shortly exserted. Nutlets (3-)4, ovate, ca 0.5 mm long, pale brown.
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Habit
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Herbs
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Distribution
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Infrequent in Panama; scattered throughout Central America and northern South America.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Cerro Vaca, in savannas, Pittier 5343 (F). PANAMA: sabanas nr Chepo, Hunter & Allen 55 (MO, in part).
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