Marrubium alysson

Description

Marrubium alysson is a vegetable art from the genus horehound ( Marrubium ) in the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae). Marrubium alysson is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 40 cm. The stems are dense white hairy-tomentose hairy, unbranched or provided with ascending upright, flower-bearing branches. The leaves are fan-shaped, wedge-shaped at the base and heavily notched against the tip. The leaf surface is dense white woolly hairy, the top but often verkalte. The inflorescence consists of Scheinquirlen with up to twelve flowers Vorblätter are missing or are only very small. The calyx tube is 4.5 to 5.5 mm long, indistinctly ribbed and densely woolly-hairy felty. It expires in five calyx teeth; These are about 3 mm long, lanceolate, overhang the crown and are 1 to 1.5 mm wide at the bottom. When ripe, they become stiff and star-shaped. The crown is purple in color and hairy on the outside. The flowering period is from May to June.