| Sideritis hyssopifolia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
- "Sideritis hyssopifolia - L." eunis.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- James Donn, Hortus Cantabrigiensis: or, a Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and Exotic (1809), p. 5
- The Flowers of Britain and Europe, Oleg Polunin, Oxford Paperbacks, Oxford University Press 1987, ISBN 0-19-217630-7
External links
- http://encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/Sideritis/hyssopifolia
- http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.1990.9697848#.UuwUDrQuMjU
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-191333
- http://www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-63820
- http://bps.conference-services.net/resources/344/3046/pdf/EPHAR2012_0619.pdf
- http://www.kerneliv.dk/da/ovrige/1014-sideritis-hyssopifolia-touch-of-spice-.html
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