Lamiaceae FAMILY

Lagochilus platycalyx

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lagochilus platycalyx is a herbaceous perennial plant growing 20 - 50cm tall. It produces a clump of erect stems that can be branched or unbranched[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 2031 Title Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai Publication Author Batsatsashvili K., Kikvidze Z. & Bussmann R.W. (Eds) Website https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28947-8 Publisher Springer Nature; Switzerland Year 2020 ISBN 978-3-030-28946-1 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral Asia - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan

HabitatStony, gravelly slopes, dry steppes in the mid-mountain belt[ 2031 Title Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai Publication Author Batsatsashvili K., Kikvidze Z. & Bussmann R.W. (Eds) Website https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28947-8 Publisher Springer Nature; Switzerland Year 2020 ISBN 978-3-030-28946-1 Description ]. Dry steppes in submontane belt, and foothills, on gravelly and silty soils[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].