Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) R. Br.

The plants have a strong minty odor and are burned to repel mosquitos. An infusion of leaves is used for gastrointestinal troubles.

Herbs annual, erect, to 60 cm tall. Stems retrorse pubescent. Petiole 0.7-1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate to lanceolate, 4-6 × 1.5-3 cm, reduced upward, densely pubescent, base rounded to cuneate, margin coarsely crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, lateral veins 5 pairs. Verticillasters 1.5-2 cm in diam. in flower, ca. 3 cm in diam. in fruit, many flowered; bracts subulate, ciliate, spinescent. Calyx membranous in fruit, ca. 1 cm, densely villous outside, glabrous inside, veins conspicuous, distinctly net veined; throat enlarged, mouth constricted, oblique; teeth unequal, spinescent, upper teeth longest. Corolla white tinged red, slightly exserted, slender, ca. 8 mm; tube ca. 7 mm, slightly dilated in throat, not villous annulate inside; lower lip subpatent, lobes oblong. Nutlets dark brown, oblong-ovoid, ca. 1.5 mm, shiny. Fl. Sep-Oct, fr. Nov.

Yunnan [India, Myanmar; Africa, North America, South America]

Grassy areas, waste land near habitations; 1100-1500 m.

Clinopodium martinicense Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 25. 1760.

Badi se yon plant. Li nan fanmi plant kategori:Lamiaceæ. Non syantifik li se Leucas martinicensis (Jacq.) Aiton

Leucas martinicensis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa môi. Loài này được (Jacq.) R.Br. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1811.

卵叶白绒草（学名：Leucas martinicensis）为唇形科绣球防风属下的一个种。