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Sideritis hyssopifolia

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Species of shrub

Sideritis hyssopifolia
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

The Latin word hyssopifolia (which also occurs in several other plant names, including that of Cuphea hyssopifolia) means "hyssop-leaved".

Distribution

Mountains of Southwestern Europe at 1500–1800 m altitude.

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References

  1. "Sideritis hyssopifolia - L." eunis.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  2. James Donn, Hortus Cantabrigiensis: or, a Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Exotic (1809), p. 5

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Sideritis hyssopifolia
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