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Prasium majus (White Hedge-Nettle) |
Prasium majus (LAMIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Prasium majus L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 601 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Lamiaceae
Lindl. (=Labiatae) (The Mint Family)
36 species from the Lamiaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | White Hedge-Nettle, Mediterranean Prasium | Maltese name(s) : | Te` Sqalli | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common
Common Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: CHAMEOPHYTE (dwarf or small shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Dec-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry places, mainly near the sea. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Garigue, Stony Walls, Valley sides. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems up to 1 m, erect, divaricately branched, glabrous or glabrescent, rarely hirsute. Leaves 2-5 x 0.8-2 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenate or crenate-serrate, the lower cordate and the upper truncate at the base, usually glabrous; petiole 10-18 mm. Floral leaves like the cauline but smaller, or the upper entire. Calyx accrescent, up to 25 mm in fruit, glandular-puberulent or glabrous; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, aristate. Corolla 17-20 mm, white or lilac; upper lip oblong, obtuse; lower lip with the middle lobe largest. Nutlets 3-4 mm, ovoid-trigonous, black. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=34 |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region, C. & S. Portugal. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Bl Ca Co Cr Cy Eg Gr Hs IJ It Ju Li LS Lu Ma Md Sa Si Tn Tu(A) |
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