Teucrium hircanicum L.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Teucrium

Characteristics

Perennial herb, clump-forming and not rhizomatous; stems hairy, to c. 50 cm long (including infl.), woody at base. Petiole to 3 cm long on vegetative shoots, c. 5 mm long on flowering shoots. Lamina 3-10 × 2-7 cm, ovate or oblong-ovate, crenate, sometimes deeply so, ± villous when young, later becoming sparsely hairy above but remaining densely hairy below; base truncate to cordate; apex obtuse. Infl. a dense terminal spike-like raceme c. 15 cm long; bracts subulate, < calyx. Pedicels 1-2 mm long. Calyx 3-4 mm long, campanulate, somewhat gibbous at base, densely hairy, glandular-scaly, prominently veined at fruiting. Corolla tube 3-5 mm long, hairy; limb ± deflexed and concave, hairy outside, reddish purple; terminal lobe c. 3-4 mm diam., rounded; lateral lobes 1-1.5 mm long, ovate, rounded at apex. Filaments hairy in lower 3/4, purplish in exserted part. Nutlets c. 1 mm long, suborbicular, wider than long, brownish, reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses ornamental
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Teucrium hircanicum habit picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Teucrium hircanicum leaf picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium hircanicum leaf picture by Alice Bennett (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Teucrium hircanicum flower picture by Mayıs Aru (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium hircanicum flower picture by David Hocken (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium hircanicum flower picture by ORDUÑA Jose Maria (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Teucrium hircanicum world distribution map, present in Austria, Iran (Islamic Republic of), New Zealand, and Turks and Caicos Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460460-1
WFO ID wfo-0000322199
COL ID 55XJ9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Scorodonia spicata Scorodonia hircanica Teucrium hircanicum