Flora of Israel: Short-toothed Phlomis
Phlomis brachyodon, Short-toothed Phlomis,
Hebrew: שלהבית קצרת-שיניים, Arabic: الأذينة قصيرة الأسنان
| Scientific name: | Phlomis brachyodon (Boiss.) Zohary | |
| Synonym name: | Phlomis armeniaca var. brachyodon Boiss., Phlomis orientalis var. brachyodon (Boiss.) Boiss. | |
| Common name: | Short-toothed Phlomis | |
| Hebrew name: | שלהבית קצרת-שיניים | |
| Arabic name: | الأذينة قصيرة الأسنان | |
| Family: | Labiatae / Lamiaceae, שפתניים |
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| Life form: | Shrublet, chamaephyte | |
| Stems: | Lenght of plant 25-50 cm; stems erect, simple or branched, square in section | |
| Leaves: | With petioles up to 8mm; rosette, entire, opposite, obtuse, cordate at base, ovate-oblong to oblong lanceolate, obscurely crenulate, basal and lower cauline leaves at base at least twice as broad, thick | |
| Inflorescence: | Verticillasters 4-8 flowered; bracteoles few, lanceolate-subulate, 3-6mm | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite only, calyx tubular, 5-10-veined, 5-toothed; corolla yellow, 2-kipped; upper lip hooded, emarginate; lower lip patent, 3-lobed | |
| Fruits / pods: | Nutlets, four three-sided | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May, June | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts | |
| Chorotype: | Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Perennating |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Phlomis, Greek phlomis, phlomos, ancient names for some plant, phlome, probably a species of Phlomis, or mullein, a species of Verbascum, mentioned by Theophtastus (HP.9.12.3), Plinius and Dioscorides; Plinius used Latin phlomis for mullein, verbascum.
brachyodon, Greek brachy-: a prefix indicating the characteristic of being short, odous, tooth; short tooth.
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