Definition of Leonotis nepetaefolia

1. Noun. Pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States.

Exact synonyms: Leonotis Nepetifolia, Lion's-ear
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Leonotis, Leonotis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leonotis Nepetaefolia

Leonid
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
Leonidas
Leonidi
Leonidio
Leonidion
Leonids
Leonie
Leonora
Leonore
Leonotis
Leonotis leonurus
Leonotis nepetaefolia (current term)
Leonotis nepetifolia
Leontief
Leontocebus
Leontocebus oedipus
Leontocebus rosalia
Leontodon autumnalis
Leontopodium
Leontopodium alpinum
Leontyne Price
Leonurus
Leonurus cardiaca
Leopold
Leopold's manoeuvres
Leopold Antoni Stanislaw Stokowski

Literary usage of Leonotis nepetaefolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Hort. Kew. ed. 2,3:409. 1811. About 12 species widely diffused through tropical countries of both hemispheres. Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) ..."

2. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"The air-dried plant afforded 7'3 per cent, of ash. Leonotis nepetaefolia, Br. Bot. Reg., t. ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"... Datura fastuosa, Adhatoda Vasica, Clerodendron phlomoides, Leonotis nepetaefolia, and various grasses such as species of Andropogon, ..."

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