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IGKV WEED SEARCHWeed Search Facility for students and scientists |
Klip Dagga or Lion's Ear |
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| Halbi Name |
Main Photo of The Weed |
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| Vernacular name | Sher ka kan | |
| Scientific name | Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) Point. | |
| Family | ||
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | An erect woody annual, grandulr-tomentose, sweet-scented with tetragonal hispid stems grow up to 2.4 m tall in a single season. The stems are angled (square in cross section). | |
| Leaves | Leaves - pairs opposite, petiolate, densely hairy on lower and smooth with coarsely toothed margins, triangular in shape and 2-5 in (5.1-12.7 cm) long. | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | The flowersblue or purple, sessile, rounded, spiny clusters, 2-4 in (5.1-10.2 cm) across, that encircle the stems, long and curve downward. | |
| Fruit/ seed | Fruit of two dry ovoid nutlets, 2 aborted and seen as rudimentary white structure at base, rugose, glabrous, brown. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Road sidesand wastelands | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September-January | |
| Associated with | Road side flora | |
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