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Ziziphora capitata
Ziziphora capitata is an annual herb in the Lamiaceae family. It grows from the Mediterranean basin to Iran including the Sinai, Palestine / Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Balkans, southern Russia, Caucasus, and northern Iraq.
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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.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 493096.