Pseudodictamnus undulatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudodictamnus |
| Species: | P. undulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudodictamnus undulatus (Benth.) Salmaki & Siadati
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Pseudodictamnus undulatus, commonly known as common ballota or horehound, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region including Egypt, Israel and Jordan.[1] It is a compact, evergreen subshrub with a woody base, many hairy wiry stems, simple opposite leaves with toothed margins, and whorls of white flowers with funnel-shaped calyxes.[2]
It is a plant of semi-arid, acidic stony habitats and in Israel often grows in association with Echinops gaillardotii, Carlina corymbosa and Ziziphus lotus.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Zaghloul, M.S.; Hamrick, J.L.; Moustafa, A.A.; Kamel, W.M.; El-Ghareeb, R. (2006). "Genetic Diversity Within and Among Sinai Populations of Three Ballota Species (Lamiaceae)". Journal of Heredity. 97 (1): 45–54. doi:10.1093/jhered/esj008. PMID 16407527.
- ^ "Ballota undulata, Common Ballota, Horehound,". Flowers in Israel. Modzelevich, Martha. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Singer, Arieh (2007). The Soils of Israel. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 188. ISBN 978-3-540-71734-8.