Sideritis ilicifolia

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Sideritis ilicifolia
Systematics
Euasterids I
Order : Mint family (Lamiales)
Family : Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily : Lamioideae
Genre : Articular herbs ( sideritis )
Type : Sideritis ilicifolia
Scientific name
Sideritis ilicifolia
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Sideritis ilicifolia is a plant type from the genus sideritis ( Sideritis ) in the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae).

description

Sideritis ilicifolia is a 20 to 40 cm high perennial plant that is hairless or only sparsely hairy. At least on the upper part of the stem , short, glandular papillae are dense . The leaves are 15 to 45 mm long and about 8 mm wide. They are linear or lanceolate and have six to ten spines on the edge .

The inflorescences are false whorls, which are usually three to six apart from each other and consist of a large number of flowers . The lower bracts are 10 to 15 mm long and 12 to 16 mm wide and are thus roughly similar in length to the calyx . They are egg-shaped or heart-shaped-egg-shaped and roughly slit-toothed and prickly. The calyx is 5 to 8 mm long and has a ring of trichomes on the inside. The crown is 8 to 9 mm long, is pale yellow in color and protrudes over the calyx.

Occurrence and locations

The species occurs in northeastern Spain . It grows on dry, rocky, or gravelly soils.

literature

  • TG Tutin et al. (Ed.): Flora Europaea, Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, 1972. ISBN 978-0521084895 .

Individual evidence

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