''Ziziphora capitata'' is an annual herb in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...
. It grows from the
Mediterranean basin to
Iran including the
Sinai
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* Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Biblical Mount Sinai, the site in the Bible where Moses received the Law of God
Sinai may also refer to:
* Sinai, South Dakota, a place ...
,
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
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Israel,
Lebanon,
Syria
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,
Turkey,
Cyprus,
Balkans,
southern Russia,
Caucasus, and northern
Iraq.
Description
''Ziziphora capitata'' grows from 3 to 12 cm high with simple or branched stems. The aromatic leaves are covered with fine hairs. The lower leaves are from 1 to 2.5 cm long and 0.5 to 0.8 cm wide, linear-lanceolate to elliptic blades and the upper floral leaves are rhombic-ovate. The flowers are tubular, with violet, purple or pink corolla. Flowers are arranged in a globose terminal head, subtended by rhombic-ovate bracts.
Subspecies and varieties
*''Ziziphora capitata '' var. ''capitata''
*''Ziziphora capitata '' var. ''alba''
*''Ziziphora capitata'' subsp. ''orientalis''
References
Further reading
*Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold: ''Der große Zander.'' Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2008, . (Ger.)
*Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): ''RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants.'' Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003, .
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4191804
capitata
Capitata is a suborder of Hydrozoa, a class of marine invertebrates belonging to the phylum Cnidaria.
Characteristics
Members of this suborder are characterised by the tentacles of the polyps terminating in knobs. In some species these are o ...
Flora of Europe
Flora of Western Asia
Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus