Tropicos | Name - Hyptis recurvata Poit.

Hyptis recurvata Poit.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 4/4/2013)

Species	Hyptis recurvata Poit.
PlaceOfPublication	Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 7: 467, p1. 28, f. 1, 1806.-Fig. 5.
Synonym	Mesosphaerum recurvatum (Poit.) 0. Ktze., Rev. Gen. P1. 2: 527, 1891.
Description	Herbs, annuals, slender, lightly pubescent, to 1 m. Leaves ovate to elliptic, acute, crenate, the bases rounded to ? obtuse, to 3 cm long and 2 cm wide, lightly pubescent on both surfaces; petioles ca 0.3(-4) cm long. Inflorescences capitula, ca 1 cm diam, the peduncles slender, ca 1-3 cm long, the bracts filiform to linear, ca 2.5-3 mm long, fimbriolate. Flowers subsessile; calyx tubular, ca 3 mm long, becoming saccate at the base and constricted and distinctly recurved above the middle, pubescent near the orifice, the teeth spinulose, ca 1-1.2 mm long; corolla tube ca 2 mm long, white, the lips ca 0.7-1 mm long, sparsely pubescent; stamens exserted, the filaments glabrous, the anthers 0.2 mm long; style exserted, the branches minute. Nutlets 4, oblong-ovoid, ca 0.8-1 mm long, pale brown.
Habit	Herbs
Distribution	Parts of Central America and northern South America.
Specimen	BOCAS DEL TORO: Santa Catalina, Blackwell et al. 2737 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado I, Croat 4737 (MO); s. loc., Epplesheimer s.n. (F). CHIRIQUI: llanos W of Gua- laca, Allen 5045 (MO); 12.4 mi N of David, Lewis et al. 720 (MO); vic of San Felix, Pittier 5433 (F). PANAMA: Pacora, 35 mi, Allen 1003 (MO); San Jose I, disturbed area, Johnston 1294 (MO); Panama, Bro. Paul 527 (MO).