- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Mosla (Benth.) Buch.-Ham. ex Maxim.

[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs, strongly aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves toothed, conspicuously gland-dotted on abaxial surface
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence raceme-like, congested to interrupted, often secund, of 2-flowered verticillasters
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts small, sometimes the lower leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers small, pedicellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, lobes subequal or posterior lip shorter, with lobes shortly triangular, acute to obtuse, posterior median lobe sometimes much shorter, anterior lobes lanceolate, calyx-tube hairy in throat, becoming distinctly 2-lipped in fruit, base of
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white to pinkish purple, campanulate, weakly 2-lipped, posterior lip emarginate, anterior lip with median lobe crenate, corolla-tube included in calyx or exserted, often slightly constricted near base and annulate (? or not) within
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 2 fertile, posterior pair erect, divergent, shorter than corolla, anterior pair staminodal, fertile thecae divaricate, connective distinct
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style equalling corolla
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets 4, ± globose, reticulate-foveolate.
- Note
- 2n = 18. About 22 species
- Ecology
- Open or shady, mesophytic habitats
- Distribution
- China, Southeastern Asia to Japan.
Native to:
Amur, Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Malaya, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Primorye, Sumatera, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
- Mosla bracteata Doan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton
- Mosla cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Mosla chinensis Maxim.
- Mosla dianthera (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim.
- Mosla exfoliata (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Mosla hangchouensis Matsuda
- Mosla japonica (Benth. ex Oliv.) Maxim.
- Mosla longibracteata (C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Mosla longispica (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Mosla pauciflora (C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Mosla scabra (Thunb.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li
- Mosla soochouensis Matsuda
- Mosla tamdaoensis Phuong
Mosla (Benth.) Buch.-Ham. ex Maxim. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 20: 456 (1875)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Mosla (Benth.) Buch.-Ham. ex Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St Petersbourg, ser. 3, 20: 456 (1875).
- Orthodon Benth. & Oliv., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 167 (1867)., (1865) non R. Br. (1819).
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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