Sideritis L.

Ironwort (en), Sidéritis au sens large (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae

Characteristics

Subshrubs or annual or perennial herbs, lanate or villous. Leaves petiolate. Verticillasters 2-to many flowered, in terminal spikes; floral leaves reduced to bracts. Flowers small. Calyx tubular-campanulate, equally or subequally 5-toothed or slightly 2-lipped, 5-10-veined; teeth straight, apex spiny. Corolla yellow, 2-lipped; tube included; upper lip straight, nearly flat, entire to 2-lobed; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed; middle lobe large, apex emarginate. Stamens 4, included, didynamous, anterior 2 longer, with deformed anthers, posterior 2 shorter, with 2-celled anthers; anther cells divaricate. Style included, apex unequally 2-cleft. Nutlets triquetrous, ovoid, smooth, apex obtuse to rounded.
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Cal broadly tubular, the sharply pointed lobes equal or unequal; cor mostly shorter than the cal, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, narrowly oblong, the lower larger, 3-lobed; stamens 4, short, included in the cor-tube, the lower pair slightly the longer, in some spp. without anthers; nutlets rounded above; herbs with small, red, pink or yellow fls in dense axillary clusters; bracteoles wanting. 100, mainly Eurasia.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses tea
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Sideritis world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bermuda, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21227-1
WFO ID wfo-4000035314
COL ID 8W3KH
BDTFX ID 83523
INPN ID 197642
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Leucophae Sideritis

Lower taxons

Sideritis x accidentalis Sideritis akmanii Sideritis albiflora Sideritis amasiaca Sideritis x angustifolia Sideritis antiatlantica Sideritis x antonii-josephii Sideritis arborescens Sideritis arguta Sideritis argyrea Sideritis armeniaca Sideritis atrinervia Sideritis bilgeriana Sideritis bolleana Sideritis brevibracteata Sideritis brevicaulis Sideritis x cadevallii Sideritis candelii Sideritis candicans Sideritis carrissoana Sideritis cirujanoi Sideritis clandestina Sideritis congesta Sideritis cretica Sideritis cuatrecasasii Sideritis cypria Sideritis cystosiphon Sideritis dendro-chahorra Sideritis dichotoma Sideritis dubia Sideritis endressii Sideritis eriocephala Sideritis erythrantha Sideritis x fernandezii Sideritis ferrensis Sideritis flaviflora Sideritis glauca Sideritis germanicopolitana Sideritis x ginesii Sideritis gomerae Sideritis gossypina Sideritis guyoniana Sideritis hispida Sideritis ibrahinii Sideritis imbricata Sideritis infernalis Sideritis jahandiezii Sideritis kuegleriana Sideritis x lainzii Sideritis leptoclada Sideritis x liantei Sideritis libanotica Sideritis x linearifolia Sideritis lyciae Sideritis macrostachyos Sideritis maireana Sideritis marcelii Sideritis marianica Sideritis marminorensis Sideritis marmorea Sideritis x masferreri Sideritis matris-filiae Sideritis maura Sideritis x mauritii Sideritis molinae Sideritis montserratiana Sideritis nervosa Sideritis niveotomentosa Sideritis nutans Sideritis ochroleuca Sideritis oroteneriffae Sideritis ortonedae Sideritis osteoxylla Sideritis ovata Sideritis x petriludovici Sideritis phlomoides Sideritis phrygia Sideritis pisidica Sideritis x puiggariana Sideritis pullulans Sideritis pumila Sideritis pusilla Sideritis reverchonii Sideritis rubriflora Sideritis x sanmiguelii Sideritis sauvageana Sideritis scardica Sideritis serrata Sideritis serratifolia Sideritis sipylea Sideritis soluta Sideritis spinulosa Sideritis stachydioides Sideritis stricta Sideritis subatlantica Sideritis sventenii Sideritis taurica Sideritis tmolea Sideritis tragoriganum Sideritis trojana Sideritis tugiensis Sideritis valentina Sideritis velayosiana Sideritis villosa Sideritis viridifolia Sideritis vulcanica Sideritis vuralii Sideritis x alcarazii Sideritis euboea Sideritis euxina Sideritis gaditana Sideritis galatica Sideritis x garrigae Sideritis hololeuca Sideritis huber-morathii Sideritis lotsyi Sideritis lurida Sideritis perfoliata Sideritis raeseri Sideritis syriaca Sideritis lanata Sideritis bubanii Sideritis boissieriana Sideritis bourgeana Sideritis brevidens Sideritis calduchii Sideritis catillaris Sideritis chamaedryfolia Sideritis ajpetriana Sideritis caesarea Sideritis amagroi Sideritis ozturkii Sideritis guayedrae Sideritis mezgouti Sideritis x rodriguezii Sideritis x difficilis Sideritis x baluei Sideritis x iberica Sideritis x velezana Sideritis x sagredoi Sideritis x varoi Sideritis x paradoxa Sideritis x alfraedi Sideritis lacaitae Sideritis x anagae Sideritis mascaensis Sideritis incana Sideritis aragonensis Sideritis arizagana Sideritis barbellata Sideritis grandiflora Sideritis x grosii Sideritis x guaxarae Sideritis gulendamii Sideritis ibanyezii Sideritis x kerguelenii Sideritis x llenasi Sideritis loscosiana Sideritis x montserratii Sideritis x paui Sideritis pauli Sideritis leucantha Sideritis x bornmuelleri Sideritis carolipauana Sideritis cilicica Sideritis dasygnaphala Sideritis dianica Sideritis discolor Sideritis atlantica Sideritis briquetiana Sideritis carbonellis Sideritis cossoniana Sideritis laxespicata Sideritis italica Sideritis glacialis Sideritis condensata Sideritis pungens Sideritis lasiantha Sideritis ilicifolia Sideritis canariensis Sideritis fruticulosa Sideritis hirsuta Sideritis montana Sideritis hyssopifolia Sideritis romana