Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium polium L. |
Synonyms | Teucrium cephalotes Pomel |
Teucrium collinum Salisb. | |
Teucrium gussonei Nyman | |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | branchlets ascendent and erect, leaves crowded, linear, grey-green, obtuse, slightly crenate, flowers in small, lax, terminal, spherical heads |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | red, white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LAMIACEAE
polium aurasiacum Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 360 (1940)
polium chevalieri Maire, Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 3: 266 (1933)
polium clapae S.Puech, Naturalia Monspel., Sér. Bot. 21: 209 (1971)
polium purpurascens Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec. 686 (1835)
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