Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus — a medium houseplant
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus

Pseudodictamnus Acetabulosus

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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus, the Greek horehound, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to south-eastern Greece, Crete, and western Turkey. It is a compact, evergreen subshrub growing to 0.5 metres (20 in). Upright woolly grey shoots turn to rounded grey-green leaves, bearing whorls of small pink flowers with funnel-shaped green calyces in late summer and autumn. It is tolerant of poor soil and drought, and often used in cultivation as groundcover.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Pseudodictamnus
Family
Lamiaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en False dittany en Greek horehound
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus leaf
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus leaf
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus flower
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus flower
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus fruit
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Pseudodictamnus acetabulosus fruit
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