Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link.

Common Name : Common leucas
Family : Lamiaceae

HABIT

AN ANNUAL HERB; 15-45 CM TALL.

STEMS

ERECT , USUALLY MUCH DIFFUSELY BRANCHED FROM BELOW, STOUT, HISPID. BRANCHES QUADRANGULAR, HISPID.

LEAVES

LINEAR OR OBLONG, 2.5 TO 7.5 CM LONG WITH BLUNT TIPS AND SCALLOPED MARGINS.

FLOWERS

WHORLS ARE LARGE, TERMINAL AND AXILLARY, ABOUT 2.5 CM IN DIAMETER AND CROWDED WITH WHITE BELL SHAPED FLOWERS.

FRUITS

NUTLETS LONG-OBLONG SUB-TRUNCATE AT THE APEX, SMOOTH AND BROWN.

SEEDS

SUBCYLINDRICAL, TRUNCATE AT APEX, REDDISH BROWN.