Marrubium supinum

Marrubium supinum is also known as manrubio or horehound

You may have ever heard of horehound, horehound, manrubio or mastranzo. This typical plant from the eastern half of Spain receives many different names, but the one awarded by the famous naturalist Carlos Linnaeus is Marrubium supinum.

If you want to know more about this native plant of Spain, do not miss this article. We will talk about him Marrubium supinum, where it is found, how it is physically and what is its taxonomy and classification.

What is Marrubium supinum?

Marrubium supinum is found in the eastern half of Spain

El Marrubium supinum, commonly known as horehound, among other vernacular names, belongs to the family of the Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant which was first described by the famous botanist Charles Linnaeus, who published it in the second volume of his book "Species Plantarum".

Apart from its horehound name and its scientific name, This vegetable has several names in the Castilian language. We will list them below:

  • Bitter horehound
  • Mountain horehound
  • Sierra horehound
  • manrubio
  • Spanish horehound
  • Snowy spanish horehound
  • Spanish Manrubio
  • Snowy horehound
  • Branched horehound
  • mastranzo

Regarding the distribution and habitat of this species, it should be noted that it is native to Spain, at least in the eastern half. In addition, we can find it in North Africa, which includes Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. However, it is less common in these places. Usually the Marrubium supinum It grows on roadsides, rocky areas, uncultivated places, more or less nitrified places and on almost any substrate. In addition, we can find this species from sea level to a maximum of 2500 meters of altitude. Regarding the flowering of this plant, it takes place from the month of May to the month of July. As a curious fact: When the Marrubium supinum live with him Marrubium vulgaris, both tend to hybridize.

Description

When we talk about Marrubium supinum, we refer to a herbaceous perennial and succulent plant with a height of 15 to 80 centimeters. It has a woody base and its stems are quadrangular, a little woolly and tomentose. As for the leaves, they range between two and seven centimeters in size. They are very hairy around the upper surface, except for the veins, and on the underside. They have a petiole of two to four centimeters and that is very long on the lower leaves. They usually have an ovate, orbicular or suborbicular shape.

Regarding the inflorescence, it is made up of globose whorls whose diameter ranges between two and three centimeters. Each one has a total of 16 to 26 flowers. In addition, they have foliaceous organs called bracts with a size of 2,5 to 3 centimeters. They are usually sessile or petiolate. It should also be noted that they are elliptical and arched downwards. In contrast, the bracteoles are curved upward and range in size from XNUMX to XNUMX millimeters. These are fine, linear, hairy and sharp, almost sharp.

As for the flowers, These have a centimeter calyx with a total of ten nerves and long silky hairs. In addition, it has starlets at the base with five equal teeth that are almost linear, erect or slightly curved out and hairy. Regarding the corolla that make up the petals, it has a purple or cream color. It can also be said that its upper lip is four to six millimeters in size and is bifid to more than a third of its length. In contrast, the lower lip has a large central lobe of four to six centimeters. This has an orbicular shape and is more or less emarginated. In addition, it has two considerably smaller side lobes.

We are now going to talk a little about the fruits of Marrubium supinum. These are tetranúcules and have mericarps of two to three millimeters. In addition, they are trigones and have a slightly grainy surface, especially on the two inner or smaller faces. Its color is dark brown. 

Marrubium supinum taxonomy

Marrubium supinum was described by Carlos Linneo

As we have already mentioned above, the Marrubium supinum was first described by Carlos Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist and botanist who He was the creator of the classification and taxonomy of all living beings, not just from plants. To do this, he developed a binomial nomenclature system that is still used today. In addition, it should be noted that he is considered one of the fathers of ecology.

Next we will see all classifications and categories in which this plant species is found, from the largest group to the smallest:

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Subclass: Asteridae
  • Order: Lamiales
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • Subfamily: Lamioideae
  • Tribe: Marrubieae
  • Genus: Marrubium
  • Species: Marrubium supinum

I hope that with this article all your doubts about the vegetable have been resolved Marrubium supinum. Perhaps now you can identify this species of plant by taking a walk through the eastern half of Spain or some places in North Africa.


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