Leucas aspera(Willd.) Link

WFO wfo-0000226906 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Leucas aspera, photographed by Paulmathi Vinod
fig. a Paulmathi Vinod, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-15 / obs. 151380918
Leucas aspera, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. b Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150968357
Leucas aspera, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. c Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150941460
Leucas aspera, photographed by OnePlanet
fig. d OnePlanet, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 145316234
Leucas aspera, photographed by Sabarni Sarker
fig. e Sabarni Sarker, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144641379
Leucas aspera, photographed by OnePlanet
fig. f OnePlanet, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142074450
Leucas aspera, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. g Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 139065209
Leucas aspera, photographed by Haneesh K M
fig. h Haneesh K M, CC0 1.0 / obs. 137578788

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Leucas aspera is native: Mauritius, China Southeast, Hainan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSulawesiThailandVietnamWest Himalaya MauritiusAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.South China Sea
Native distribution of Leucas aspera, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
South China Sea SCS
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Hainan CHH
Mauritius MAU AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Leucas dimidiata (Roth) Spreng.
  • Leucas minahassae Koord.
  • Leucas obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex Dillwyn
  • Leucas plukenetii (Roth) Spreng.
  • Phlomis aspera Willd.
  • Phlomis dimidiata Roth
  • Phlomis esculenta Roxb.
  • Phlomis obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f.
  • Phlomis plukenetii Roth

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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