- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Saccocalyx Coss. & Durieu

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Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Small shrub, strongly aromatic; older stems often decumbent and rooting at base, with longitudinally fissured bark
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves small, remote, ± spathulate, sessile, entire, canaliculate, conspicuously gland-dotted, margin ciliate with long, white hairs in lower half, cauline leaves with axillary fascicles of smaller leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence of verticillasters, cymes sessile, 1-3-flowered in axils of leaf-like bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers minute
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx urceolate, actinomorphic, 5-lobed, lobes broadly deltate, slightly spreading, calyx-tube c. 13-nerved with inconspicuous nerves, densely spreading-hairy outside, annulate at throat within, tube strongly accrescent in fruit, becoming globose-urceolat
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla purplish-pink, ± actinomorphic, very small, 5-lobed, lobes subequal, erect, corolla-tube shortly campanulate-cylindrical, glabrous within
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, subequal, ± included within corolla, filaments glabrous, very short, thecae weakly divergent, separate, connective small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma-lobes slightly unequal, posterior lobe shorter
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc with elongate anterior lobe
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets oblong, apiculate, smooth, mucilaginous when wetted.
- Note
- One species, S. satureioides Coss. & Durieu
- Distribution
- Algeria.
- Ecology
- Sandy margins of salt lakes, in desert.
Native to:
Algeria, Morocco
Saccocalyx Coss. & Durieu appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 20: 80 (1853)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Faustia Font Quer & Rothm., Brotéria, Ci. Nat. 9: 150 (1940).
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
- Saccocalyx Coss. & Durieu, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ser 3, 20: 80 (1853), nom. cons.
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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