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Similar Sideritis hirsuta, Sideritis scordioides, Sideritis romana, Sideritis montana, Sideritis | ||
Sideritis hyssopifolia, hyssop-leaved mountain ironwort. A 40 cm high shrublet with narrow pointed leaves. The flowers (1 cm) are borne in dense cylindrical clusters from broad spiny-toothed bracts. The calyx also has spiny teeth. Flowers June–August.
The Latin word hyssopifolia (which also occurs in several other plant names, including that of cuphea hyssopifolia) means "hyssop-leaved".
Distribution
Mountains of Southwestern Europe at 1500–1800 m altitude.
References
Sideritis hyssopifolia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA