Melittis melissophyllum L.

Mélitte à feuilles de mélisse (fr), Mélitte à feuilles de Mélisse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Melittis

Characteristics

A herb. An upright plant that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm tall. The stems are hairy. The leaves are oval and 5-8 cm long. They have blunt teeth. There are a few bell shaped flowers in a ring. They are cream and pink.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Hedges, scrub and mountain woods.
More
It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

The leaves are occasionally use to make a drink. They have been used as a famine food.
Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Apertif (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Hypnotic (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Tea (unspecified)
Human toxicity weak toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Melittis melissophyllum habit picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum habit picture by Rolf Zeller (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum habit picture by Lejarazu Edorta (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Melittis melissophyllum leaf picture by Lucie Stejskalová (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum leaf picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum leaf picture by L R (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Melittis melissophyllum flower picture by Herve Meynier (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum flower picture by Thomas Keßeler (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum flower picture by Sylvain Girdal (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Melittis melissophyllum fruit picture by Alexander Baransky (cc-by-sa)
Melittis melissophyllum fruit picture by Maurice TREMOY (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Melittis melissophyllum world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450128-1
WFO ID wfo-0000240105
COL ID 3ZKZK
BDTFX ID 75243
INPN ID 108003
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Melissa tragi Melittis melissophyllum Melittis grandiflora Melittis melissifolium Melittis melissophyllum var. grandiflora

Lower taxons

Melittis melissophyllum subsp. albida Melittis melissophyllum subsp. carpatica Melittis melissophyllum subsp. melissophyllum