Sideritis hyssopifolia
Species of shrub
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Sideritis |
Species: | S. hyssopifolia |
Binomial name | |
Sideritis hyssopifolia L. |
Sideritis hyssopifolia, hyssop-leaved mountain ironwort. A 40 cm high shrublet with narrow pointed leaves. The flowers (1 cm) are borne in dense cylindrical clusters from broad spiny-toothed bracts. The calyx also has spiny teeth. Flowers June–August. Its IUCN Red List Category is least risk.[1]
The Latin word hyssopifolia (which also occurs in several other plant names, including that of Cuphea hyssopifolia) means "hyssop-leaved".[2]
Distribution
Mountains of Southwestern Europe at 1500–1800 m altitude.
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References
- The Flowers of Britain and Europe, Oleg Polunin, Oxford Paperbacks, Oxford University Press 1987, ISBN 0-19-217630-7
External links
- http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Sideritis/hyssopifolia
- http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.1990.9697848#.UuwUDrQuMjU
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-191333
- http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-63820
- http://bps.conference-services.net/resources/344/3046/pdf/EPHAR2012_0619.pdf
- http://www.kerneliv.dk/da/ovrige/1014-sideritis-hyssopifolia-touch-of-spice-.html
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