- Source: Sideritis syriaca
Sideritis syriaca, commonly known as ironwort, is a species of perennial flowering plant native to Crete, Turkey, and Syria in the eastern Mediterranean. It grows at high elevations in the mountains. It is commonly found on wet grounds, on the high pastures, above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft).
It is similar to chamomile and used in the Balkans (where it is known as "mountain tea") to make a tisane.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are accepted.
Sideritis syriaca subsp. nusairiensis (Post) Hub.-Mor. – southern Turkey and western Syria
Sideritis syriaca subsp. syriaca – Crete
References
Neltje Blanchan (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Flora Lebanon
- Kreta
- Sideritis syriaca
- Sideritis
- Sideritis scardica
- Herbal tea
- Crete
- Albanian cuisine
- Flora of Lebanon
- List of endemic plants of Crete
- Strandzha Nature Park
- List of Balkan endemic plants
