- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Perilla L.

[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
- Robust annual herbs, strongly aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves toothed, long-petiolate, in cultivated forms often deep purple-tinged or laciniate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence raceme-like, lax or congested, ± secund, of 2(-4)-flowered verticillasters
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts small, often broadly ovate-acuminate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers small, distinctly pedicellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx campanulate, lobes triangular, posterior lip shorter with median lobe shortest, tube densely hairy outside, annulate within throat, calyx strongly accrescent in fruit, with base of tube strongly distended and gibbous, calyx-lobes becoming slightly u
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla small, white to purplish, weakly 2-lipped, lobes subequal, corolla-tube very short, included in calyx, annulate at insertion of stamens
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, subequal, divergent, shorter than or equalling corolla, thecae separate, parallel, becoming slightly divergent, connective distinct
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style short
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets 4, subglobose, glabrous, distinctly reticulate
- Note
- 2n = 20, 40. One variable species: P. frutescens (L.) Britton
- Distribution
- Pobably native in the Himalayan foothills, from Pakistan eastwards, but cultivated and occurring as a casual in Southeastern Asia to China and Japan.
- Ecology
- In shady areas
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Khabarovsk, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, Cambodia, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Romania, South Carolina, South European Russi, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Perilla L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Gen. Pl. ed. 6: 578 (1764)
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
- Dentidia Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 869 (1790).
- 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
- Li Hsi-Wen & Hedge, Lamiaceae, in Wu Zheng-yi and Raven (eds). Flora of China 17: 241-242 (1994).
- Perilla L., Gen. Pl. ed 6, 578 (1764)
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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