Kingdom Plantae Family Lamiaceae Scientific name Ballota acetabulosa Rank Species | Order Lamiales Genus Ballota Higher classification Ballota | |
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Similar Ballota, Lamiaceae, Erica multiflora, Ballota pseudodictamnus, Ballota hirsuta |
Ballota acetabulosa, the false dittany or Greek horehound, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Southeast Greece, Crete, and West Turkey. It is a compact, evergreen subshrub growing to 0.5 metres (20 in). Upright woolly grey shoots turn to rounded grey-green leaves, bearing whorls of small pink flowers with funnel-shaped green calyces in late summer and autumn. It is tolerant of poor soil and drought, and often used in cultivation as groundcover.







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