Corsican ziest

Corsican ziest
	Corsican ziest ( Stachys corsica )
Systematics
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily :	Lamioideae
Genre :	Zieste ( Stachys )
Type :	Corsican ziest
Scientific name
	Stachys corsica
	Pers.

The Corsican Ziest ( Stachys Corsica ) is a plant from the genus of Stachys ( Stachys ) and belongs to the family of the Lamiaceae (Labiatae).

description

The Corsican Ziest is a biennial or perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of between 5 and 40 centimeters. The thin stems are glabrous and prostrate.

The leaves are rounded to ovate , with three to seven notches.

The flowers stand individually or in pairs on one side in a pseudo-whorl. The calyx is hairy protruding with thorny teeth. The white, pink or purple-colored crown , with an edged or two-pronged upper lip, is 10 to 12 millimeters long.

The flowering period extends from April to November.

The chromosome number is 2n = 18.

Occurrence

The Corsican ziest only occurs in Corsica and Sardinia , where it is endemic . Moist crevices are preferred as the location.

literature

Ingrid and Peter Schönfelder : Kosmos Atlas Mediterranean and Canary Islands flora . Kosmos, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-440-09361-1 .
PW Ball: Stachys L. In: Flora Europaea, Volume 3, pp. 151-157, 1972.

Individual evidence

↑ Stachys corsica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Stachys corsica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 14, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Corsican Ziest - album with pictures, videos and audio files

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

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Stachys corsica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 14, 2019.