Sideritis
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Sideritis (also known as ironwort, mountain tea and shepherd's tea) is a genus of flowering plants well known to man for their medicinal properties.
The genus is composed of short (8-50 cm), xerophytic subshrubs or herbs, annual or perennial, that grow at high altitudes (usually over 1000 m) with little or no soil, often on the surface of rocks.[1][2][3][4]
It is pubescent, either villous or coated by a fine, woolly layer of microscopic intertwined hairs.
Sideritis inflorescence is verticillaster.[2][5]
ExpandRead about Sideritis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cultivation
S. raeseri is the most common cultivar of Sideritis in Greece and advanced hybrids also exist.[1] Planting is recommended during two periods (October-November or February-March in the Northern hemisphere) and gathering in July, when in full bloom. The plant is typically dried before usage.[6]
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Species
- S. scardica
- S. purpurea Talb. - found in western Greece, the Ionian islands and Crete
- S. remota Urv.
- S. scardica Gris. - also known as Olympus tea
- S. theezans Boiss & Heldr - found in Peloponnese
- S. roiseri Boiss & Heldr
- S. euboea Heldr - found in the island of Euboea
- S. syriaca L., S. cretica Boiss, S. boissieri Magn.
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References
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- ↑ http://www.mylona.gr/tea_information_greece.htm
- ↑ http://www.maltawildplants.com/LABT/Sideritis_romana.php
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- ↑ http://www.iama.gr/ethno/sideritis/tsai_tou_vounou_files/Tsai_tou_vounou_Gkoliaris_Apostolos.pdf
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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