Cynoglossum amabile

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Cynoglossum amabile

Description

Perennial herbs, 15-60 cm high. Leaves velvety, greyish white, with distinct nerves on lower side, basal ones with a long petiole, 5-20 cm long, 2-3.5(-4) cm wide, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acute at the apex, tapering into petiole; cauline leaves sessile with broad, rounded base, oblong to lanceolate, (2-)3-10 by up to 2.5 cm. Stamens: anthers subsessile between fornices, 1 mm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated), southern China
A native of southern China, now widely cultivated; Malesia: cultivated in Java.

Citation

Backer & Bakh. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 463