Sideritis hyssopifolia

Sideritis hyssopifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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.

Distribution

Mountains of Southwestern Europe at 1500–1800 m altitude.

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