Lallemantia iberica Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Lallemantie d'Ibérie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Lallemantia

Characteristics

A herb about 0.5 m high. The leaves are under 2.5 cm long. They are oval with scalloped edges. The flowers are blue or white.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It prefers a cool situation. It grows to 2150 m in Turkey. It suits a light well drained soil in a sunny position. It suits plant hardiness zone 7.
More
Roadsides, slopes and fallow fields, also as a weed of cultivation, to 2150 metres in Turkey. Dry, more or less open habitats.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten. The seed is eaten raw or cooked. An edible oil is obtained from the seed.
Uses material medicinal oil wood
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Medical (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It is grown from seed sown where they are to grow. The seed germinate very quickly.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Productivity -

Images

Lallemantia iberica unspecified picture

Distribution

Lallemantia iberica world distribution map, present in Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Palau, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Turkmenistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:448775-1
WFO ID wfo-0000222398
COL ID 6NW2M
BDTFX ID 37460
INPN ID 104844
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Lallemantia iberica Lallemantia kopetdaghensis Dracocephalum ibericum Dracocephalum aristatum Lallemantia sulphurea