- Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Hyssopus L.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial subshrub, aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, entire, usually glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of 6-many-flowered verticillasters merging to form a terminal, usually ± secund, spiciform thyrse
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers very shortly pedicellate, bracteolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 2-lipped (3/2), ± tubular, 15-nerved, lobes equal, deltoid, acuminate or aristate, ciliate, with thickened fold at each sinus
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed (2/3), violet to whitish, posterior lip deeply emarginate, concave, patent, anterior lip with median lobe ± suborbicular, emarginate, curved downwards, lateral lobes rounded and smaller, tube cylindrical
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, inserted in middle of tube, curved, exserted, thecae divergent, confluent, connective ± triangular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes equal, ± acicular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets ± ovoid, smooth to papillose, puberulent, with mucilaginous cells.
- Note
- 2n =12. Two species
- Distribution
- In Europe, Northwestern Africa, Central and Southwestern Asia, including China. Introduced to Northern Europe and North America.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Pakistan, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Baltic States, Belgium, Vermont
Hyssopus L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 569 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Hyssopus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 569 (1753).
Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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