| Dicotyledon | Literature for Haplostachys haplostachya
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Lamiaceae -- The Mint Family | Bibliography |
| Haplostachys haplostachya | |
Common name(s): honohono |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Erect perennial herbs; stems quadrangular, 3-6 dm long, densely white tomentose. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves somewhat fleshy, narrowly cordate, 8-17 cm long, 3-5.5 cm wide, upper surface green, rugose, and densely puberulent, lower surface densely white tomentose, margins crenate, apex obtuse to acute, petioles 2.5-5 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers in racemes 10-30 cm long, bracts oblong-lanceolate, usually 4-6 mm long, lowest pair up to 20 mm long; calyx 8-12 mm long, densely tomentose, the teeth linear, (2-)3-5 mm long; corolla tube somewhat curved, ca. 14-22 mm long, upper lip 8-10 mm long, lower lip 10-14 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Nutlets dark brown, ca. 3.5-4 mm long, truncate at both ends, apex sparsely tomentose. |
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