Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Perennial herb or subshrub, up to 1 m high. Stems somewhat 4-angular, mostly annual, except in areas protected from fire. Leaves opposite, rarely 3-whorled, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, short straight hairs above and on the veins below, gland dots on both surfaces, aromatic when crushed; margins crenulate-serrulate, often entire in the lower third. Inflorescences densely many-flowered. Bracts much longer than the flowers, ovate, pointed, densely pubescent. Corolla cream to pale yellow.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lippia woodii Moldenke Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148740
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
From Kenya to South Africa.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lippia woodii Moldenke Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148740
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings