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Leucosceptrum canum

Planted in sheep pasture near Fordell, Whanganui; seedlings found nearby in 2018.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 28/10/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted in sheep pasture near Fordell, Whanganui; immature fruiting head.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 28/10/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Planted in sheep pasture near Fordell, Whanganui; immature fruiting heads.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 28/10/2018, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

hairy white-wand

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Simplified description

Shrub with usually multiple erect stems; mature leaves dull green, glabrous above, woolly-white below; obscurely crenate margins. Corolla cream-white; flowers noted for containing brown nectar, attractive to birds, insects.

Flower colours

Cream, White

Similar taxa

The stems and leaves are rather similar to those of some Buddleja species, such as B. davidii.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Leucosceptrum

Family

Lamiaceae

Authority

Leucosceptrum canum Sm.

Synonyms

Clerodendrum leucosceptrum D.Don
Teucrium leucosceptrum(D.Don) Voigt

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

2018

Origin

Native to south-western China (Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan),the eastern Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Nagaland, Bangladesh), and northern Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam) [Wikipedia]

Reason for introduction

ornamental

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