Bastard Pin (Teucrium pseudochamaepitys)
Description
The bastard pin or yerba de la Cruz ( Teucrium pseudochamaepitys ) is a plant of the family Lamiaceae . Perennial plant , hirsute , rarely glabrous, 20-50 cm tall with erect stem , unbranched, woody base and dense foliage. The leaves are opposite, up to 70 mm long, pinnatisectas or bipinnatisectas, with lobes of 0.5-2.6 mm wide, linear or linear-lanceolate, revolute, scaber, with densely pubescent with long pluricellular hairs and below short pubescent and with seated glands, the upper ones frequently tripartite with linear leaflets , 1-2 mm wide, pointed. The inflorescence is composed of whorls of 2 opposite hermaphrodite flowers in clusterloose terminal. The chalice , glandular hair, has 5 teeth as long or more than the tube and corolla , white to pink -with or without purple streaks-, it is 1-1.5 cm long, twice as long as the chalice . The upper lip is absent and the lower lip is 5 lobes. The corolino tube does not have a hair ring. There are 4 stamens and the stigma is very outstanding. The mature ovary is divided into 4 bi-tri-millimeter fructicles ( nutlets ) with longitudinal ribs and reticulated apex.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Lamiaceae
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Genus: Teucrium
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