Whiskers

Whiskers
	Whiskers ( Sideritis barbellata )
Systematics
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily :	Lamioideae
Genre :	Articular herbs ( sideritis )
Type :	Whiskers
Scientific name
	Sideritis barbellata
	Mend.-Heuer

The sideritis barbellata ( Sideritis barbellata ) is a plant of the genus sideritis ( Sideritis ) within the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae). It is endemic to the Canary Island of La Palma .

description

Vegetative characteristics

The whiskered limb is a shrub and can reach heights of up to 1 meter. The above-ground parts of the plant are hairy gray-tomentose ( indument ). The leaves are ovate-elongated, pointed, notched with a heart-shaped base and a green leaf top.

Generative characteristics

The inflorescence is branched several times and consists of pseudo whorls interrupted at the bottom, each bearing 8 to 24 individual flowers. The whitish corolla is 6.5 to 9 millimeters long and is enlarged in front. It has brown lips and the calyx is hairy inside in the upper third. The teeth are triangular in shape.

Chromosome number

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 44.

Location

The whiskered limb grows only on La Palma (endemic to the island). According to R. Govaerts, the species only occurs on Gran Canaria and Hierrero. The whiskered limb grows in the transition area from the succulent bush to the woods. It is the only sideritis species on La Palma besides the Canary Island Arthropod ( Sideritis canariensis ). On El Hierro , Sideritis barbellata is replaced by Sideritis ferrensis .

literature

Ingrid and Peter Schönfelder : Kosmos-Atlas Mediterranean and Canary Islands flora. Over 1600 species of plants. Franckh-Kosmos, 3rd edition Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 3-440-12571-8 .

Individual evidence

^ Sideritis barbellata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Sideritis barbellata. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 11, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Mustache hockwort ( Sideritis barbellata ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Sideritis barbellata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Sideritis barbellata. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 11, 2019.