''Sideritis candicans'' (''erva branca'', ''selvageira''). More or less white to greyish, densely tomentose shrub 45–100 cm. Leaves 2.5-12 x 1.5 x 7.5 cm, the lower ovate-lanceolate to ovate, acute to obtuse, rounded to cordate at base, weakly crenate to sub-entire, petiolate. Inflorescence up to 30 cm. Calyx 5–6.5 mm; teeth 1–1.5 mm. Corolla creamy yellow; tube 4–5.5 mm not exserted; upper lip 23–2.5 mm; lower lip 2.2-3.5 mm, the middle lobe shallowly notched. Nutlets 1.5 mm, ovoid. Flowers from Mars to July. Widespread in clearings and open sunny places mostly from 600 to 1700 m. Endemic to the islands of

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Porto Santo Porto Santo Island () is a Portuguese island northeast of Madeira Island in the North Atlantic Ocean; it is the northernmost and easternmost island of the archipelago of Madeira, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Europe and Africa. The muni ...

and Bugio. Sideritis candicans in the second week of October 1999

References

* Press, J. R. and M. J. Short. ''Flora of Madeira''. Natural History Museum, UK. 1994. . * Flora Endémica da Madeira, Roberto Jardim, David Francisco, Múchia, Publicações, 1ªed, 2000, Portugal,

External links

* http://botany.cz/cs/sideritis-candicans/ * http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0610+0215 * candicans Flora of Madeira Endemic flora of Madeira Endemic flora of Macaronesia Plants described in 1789 {{Lamiaceae-stub