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Stachys ocymastrum (Hairy Woundwort) |
Stachys ocymastrum (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 : |
Stachys ocymastrum (L.) Briquet
Published in (L.) Briq., Lab. Alp. Marit. 252 (1893) | 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) : | Hairy Woundwort, Yellow Woundwort, Italian Hedge-nettle | Maltese name(s) : | Betonika | 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]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
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 : | Mar-May | Colour of Flowers: | Pink or Cream |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Mostly in valleys. |
Botanical Description: |
Erect, hirsute annual 20-50 cm. Leaves 10-50 x 7-40 mm, oblong-ovate to broadly ovate, obtuse, slightly cordate at base, crenate-serrate, hirsute. Verticillasters 4- to 6-flowered, remote or the upper crowded. Calyx 7-10 mm, hirsute; teeth equal, as long as or longer than tube. Corolla 12-15 mm, yellow or white with yellow lower lip; tube shorter than calyx; upper lip c. 6 mm, 2-fid; lower lip c. 7 mm. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18 |
Distributional range: |
S.W. Europe, Italy once recorded from Kriti. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ag Bl Ca Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Lu Ma Md Sa Si Tn |
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