Teucrium ramosissimum

(Teucrium ramosissimum)

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Description

Teucrium ramosissimum is endemic to North Africa. This description is taken from Quézel and Santa 1963, p. 791 General habit: Plants vertical limestone rocks. Vegetative apparatus: Woody stems, slender and flexible, often decumbent, low, (5-20 cm). Wedge-shaped leaves with blade no longer than wide, long petiolate, green below, simply pubescent. Reproductive system: Very dense spike inflorescences. Flowers of 10-12 mm. Calyx 4-6 mm, with long acute setaceous teeth. Yellowish-white corolla.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Lamiaceae
Genus:Teucrium
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