Sideritis candicans

Sideritis candicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Sideritis
Species:	S. candicans
Binomial name
Sideritis candicans Aiton

Sideritis candicans (erva branca, selvageira). More or less white to greyish, densely tomentose shrub 45–100 cm. Leaves 2.5-12 x 1.5 x 7.5 cm, the lower ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acute to obtuse, rounded to cordate at base, weakly crenate to sub-entire, petiolate. Inflorescence up to 30 cm. Calyx 5–6.5 mm; teeth 1–1.5 mm. Corolla creamy yellow; tube 4–5.5 mm not exserted; upper lip 23–2.5 mm; lower lip 2.2-3.5 mm, the middle lobe shallowly notched. Nutlets 1.5 mm, ovoid. Flowers from March to July. Widespread in clearings and open sunny places mostly from 600 to 1700 m. Endemic to the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo and Bugio.

References

• Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. Flora of Madeira. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. ISBN 0-11-310017-5.
• Flora Endémica da Madeira, Roberto Jardim, David Francisco, Múchia, Publicações, 1ªed, 2000, Portugal, ISBN 972-8622-00-7

External links

• http://botany.cz/cs/sideritis-candicans/
• http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0610+0215
• Hernández-Pérez, M; Sánchez-Mateo, CC; Montalbetti-Moreno, Y; Rabanal, RM (2004). "Studies on the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of Sideritis candicans Ait. var. eriocephala Webb aerial part". J Ethnopharmacol. 93 (2–3): 279–84. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2004.03.044. PMID 15234765.