Biology:Ballota acetabulosa
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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the sage family Lamiaceae
Ballota acetabulosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Ballota |
Species: | B. acetabulosa
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Binomial name | |
Ballota acetabulosa (L.) Benth.
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Ballota acetabulosa, the 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.[1][2]
References
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Ballota acetabulosa". http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=2145.
Wikidata ☰ Q4851896 entry