A Detailed Guide to Growing Rabdosia eriocalyx

The scientific name of Rabdosia eriocalyx belongs to the Lamiaceae family, a family within the class Dicotyledoneae, so what exactly are the growing methods for Rabdosia eriocalyx?

1. Basic introduction to Rabdosia eriocalyx

Rabdosia eriocalyx belongs to the Lamiaceae, a family within the class Dicotyledoneae, with more than 200 genera and over 3500 species, mainly native to the Mediterranean and Central Asia. In China there are about 99 genera and 808 species, found throughout the country.

Rabdosia eriocalyx is a perennial to annual herb, a subshrub or shrub, very rarely a tree or liana, often with an epidermis containing aromatic oils, stalked or sessile glands, and various types of simple hairs, jointed hairs, and even stellate hairs and dendritic hairs, often with four-angled and grooved stems and opposite or whorled branches.

2. Growing methods for Rabdosia eriocalyx

1. Soil: the growing soil for Rabdosia eriocalyx is best chosen to be loose, breathable and well-draining;

2. Temperature: Rabdosia eriocalyx grows best at temperatures of around 0-30°C;

3. Watering: water according to the growth conditions of Rabdosia eriocalyx; in hot summer weather it can be watered once a day;

4. Light: place it in a spot with sufficient indirect light for growing.

3. What are the lower classifications of Rabdosia eriocalyx?

1. Baotinghua subfamily

Calyx funnel-shaped, 19-veined, with 5 shallow teeth, the lower 2 teeth particularly broad and large. Corolla 2/3-type two-lipped, upper lip nearly entire, slightly convex outward, corolla tube extremely long, enlarged above the middle. Stamens 4, the posterior pair longer, enclosed beneath the upper lip of the corolla, with complete anthers; anthers with two distinct, non-converging thecae.

2. Ajugoideae subfamily

Calyx usually 10-veined, rarely 8-veined or fewer than 8 veins, with 5 equal teeth or two-lipped, and if two-lipped then 1/4 or 3/2-type, exceptionally with 2 entire lips. Corolla ranging from nearly actinomorphic to single-lipped or false single-lipped, and if two-lipped then 2/3-type, the upper lip not convex outward.

3. Scutellarioideae subfamily

Calyx two-lipped, the lips entire, the back of the posterior lip usually with a scaly small scutellum, rarely absent or sac-like, the anterior lip without a scutellum, usually persistent. Corolla two-lipped, the upper lip helmet-shaped.