Sideritis hyssopifolia

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

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.

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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