Sideritis hyssopifolia

Sideritis hyssopifolia
Scientific 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.^[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.

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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

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[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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