Galeopsis tetrahit

Hemp-nettle

Flower Top
2 Miles South, 2 Miles West of Tantallon
20-June-2003

Note the notch in the middle lobe of the lower lip.

Tetrahit: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora (BF) leading to this species.

corolla tube scarcely longer than the calyx; NOT 2-3 times as long

corolla tube 1.5 to 2 cm long; NOT 2-3 cm long

corolla tube purple, NOT yellow

 

Galeopsis: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora (BF) and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus.

annual weed

stems erect or ascending; NOT decumbent; NOT creeping

leaves NOT palmately lobed

leaves crenate and serrate

flowers in axillary clusters

calyx indistinctly 2-lipped or regular

calyx lobes as long as, or longer than, the tube

calyx usually 5-toothed

calyx lobes with sharp, spiny, glabrous tips; calyx lobes NOT herbaceous and pubescent to the tip

calyx without hooks at tips of lobes

calyx 5-10 nerved; NOT 13 or 15-nerved; NOT obscurely nerved

calyx without a projection on upper side

corolla distinctly 2-lipped

anther-bearing stamens 4

upper pair of stamens shorter than the lower pair

 

Labiatae: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora leading to this family.

herbs

plants green or with some chlorophyll

plants NOT aquatic

stems square

leaves NOT bearing bladders

leaves opposite

flowers NOT in heads or spikes

flowers with two floral rings, but with the petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell

corolla irregular

ovary superior

fruit with 4 nutlets