Hyptis spicigera
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Description
Erect annual herb, 1-1.5 m high.
Leaves herbaceous, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 2.5-6 by 1.2-3 cm, acute or acuminate, base acuminate, decurrent;
Flowers purplish, pale blue or violet.
Distribution
Alor present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Buru present, Buton & Muna Is present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Pacific: Marianas present, Palawan present, SE. Borneo present, Sumba present, Timor present, tropical America
Native of tropical America, naturalized in various tropical countries, in Malesia: Lesser Sunda Is. (Sumba, Alor, Timor), SE. Borneo, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan, Mindanao), Celebes (incl. Buton & Muna Is.), Moluccas (Buru). Also in the Marianas.
Citation
LAMK 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 417
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 958
EPLING 1949 – In: Rev. Mus. La Plata n.s. p 253
Merr. 1906 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Suppl. 122
BTH. 1848 – In: DC., Prod. 12. p 87
LAMK 1918: Sp. Blanc. p 338
KENG 1969 – In: Gard. Bull. Sing. p 95
LAMK 1912: Fl. Manila. p 409
BLANCO 1878 – In: Fl. Filip., ed. 3. p 252
F.-VILL. 1880: Nov. App. p 164