Acanthoprasium
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Acanthoprasium ' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Family
- Lamiaceae
Small shrubs, with flowers in cymes of 1–3 flowers, with paired, spiny bracteoles. Calyx bell-shaped with 5–10 spiny lobes. Corolla two-lipped, lower lip with three lobes. Style with slightly unequal lobes. Fruit a nutlet. Bendiksby et al. 2011
A genus of three species from France, Italy and Cyprus (POWO 2025/4/1), consisting of the few woody species formerly included in Ballota. These were found to constitute a distinct sister clade with respect to the rest of the (herbaceous) species in Ballota (Bendiksby et al. 2011), and the former genus Acanthoprasium was resurrected to house them.