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Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Tree) |
Vitex agnus-castus (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 : |
Vitex agnus-castus L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 638 (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) : | Chaste Tree, Monk's Pepper, Virgin Bush | Maltese name(s) : | Siġret il-virgi, Għadib, Bżar il-Patrijiet | 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]: Nano-Phanerophyte (small trees to large shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule I of legal notice LN200/2011. (Strictly protected tree species) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Sep | Colour of Flowers: | Blue, Violet and Pink |
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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: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Shrub or tree 1-6 m tall, fragrant. Young twigs with 4 obtuse angles, grey-puberulent. Leaves petiolate, with 5-7 stipitate leaflets; leaflets 1.5-10 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, whitish-tomentose beneath, glabrous above. Calyx and outside of corolla tomentose. Corolla 8-10 mm, blue or pink. Drupe globose, reddish-black, slightly longer than calyx. |
Distributional range: |
S. Europe. |
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, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
AE(G) Ag Al Bl Bu Co Cr Cy Eg Ga Gr Hs IJ It Ju Li LS Ma Sa Si Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) |
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