Sideritis chamaedryfolia Cav. subsp. chamaedryfolia

Species

Family: LABIATAE (LAMIACEAE)

Genus: Sideritis

Catalan common name: Rabet de gat d’arenal.

Spanish common name: Rabogato de arenal.

Province distribution: Alacant.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Eastern-Iberian)

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Habitats: Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Dry inland scrub, on sandy or sandy-calcareous substrate.

Characteristics: Perennial, woody plant, branched from the base. Leaves broadly elliptic, flat, with visible veins and three pairs of broad teeth. Inflorescence elongated, with flowers arranged in distant verticillasters, with bracts 6-8 mm wide, broadly ovate, hairy, with 4-5 teeth on each side. Flowers with campanulate, hairy calyx, with 5 teeth nearly equal to the tube, and bilabiate, yellowish corolla.

Observations: It differs from subsp. littoralis by having erect stems, with hairs on all sides, and smaller middle bracts with short, non-spiny teeth.