Hyptis capitata Jacq.

Description:

Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Hyptis brevipes Poit. Hyptis capitata Jacq. Lamiaceae. CN: [Malay - Butang baju, Baing-baing], Knobweed. Native to Mexico and western South America; elsewhere naturalized. An erect, annual herb up to ca 2 m tall; stems often slightly decumbent and rooting at nodes, angles moderately hirsute; inflorescences semiglobose, borne on axillary peduncles. Weed.Synonym(s):Clinopodium capitatum (Jacq.) Sw.Hyptis capitata var. mariannarum (Briq.) Briq.Hyptis capitata var. mexicana Briq. Hyptis capitata var. pilosa Briq. Hyptis capitata f. pilosa Donn.Sm. Hyptis capitata var. vulgaris Briq. Hyptis celebica Zipp. ex Koord. [Invalid] Hyptis decurrens (Blanco) Epling Hyptis macrochila Mart. ex Steud. [Invalid] Hyptis mariannarum Briq. Hyptis rhomboidea M.Martens & GaleottiMesosphaerum capitatum (Jacq.) Kuntze Mesosphaerum rhombodeum (M.Martens & Galeotti) KuntzePycnanthemum decurrens BlancoThymus virginicus Blanco (misapplied)Ref and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-101657www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?446804www.hear.org/pier/species/hyptis_rhomboidea.htm