Sideritis syriaca L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Sideritis

Characteristics

A herb with woolly leaves. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50 cm high. The leaves are oval or long and narrow. They can have teeth. The flowers are yellow with brown stripes on the inside. They grow in spikes at the top of the plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate or Mediterranean climate plant. It suits plant hardiness zone 8.
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Mountain rocks.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

The leaves and flowering tops are brewed into tea.
Uses food material medicinal tea
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown by seed, cuttings or division.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Sideritis syriaca unspecified picture

Distribution

Sideritis syriaca world distribution map, present in Turks and Caicos Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:459111-1
WFO ID wfo-0000310485
COL ID 4X95S
BDTFX ID 84426
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Navicularia syriaca Sideritis syriaca Sideritis cretica

Lower taxons

Sideritis syriaca subsp. nusairiensis Sideritis syriaca subsp. syriaca