| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Teucrium chamaedrys L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 565 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to Iran, Tunisia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | weakly hirsute, leaves opposite, oblong to broadly oval, crenate, dark green, shiny, flowers 9-16mm long, in leafy spike; variable |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Chamaedrys officinalis (Lam.) Moench Monochilon rubellus Dulac Teucrium albarracinii Pau Teucrium canum var. latifolium Benth. Teucrium chamaedrys f. albiflorum Sigunov Teucrium chamaedrys var. albiflorum Bellynck Teucrium chamaedrys ssp. illyricum (Borbás & Bornm.) Degen Teucrium chamaedrys var. illyricum Borbás & Bornm. Teucrium chamaedrys var. semiglaucum Sennen Teucrium chamaedrys ssp. tauricola Rech.f. Teucrium fagetorum Klokov Teucrium multiflorum L. Teucrium officinale Lam. Teucrium pseudochamaedrys Wender. Teucrium stevenianum Klokov Teucrium veronicifolium Salisb. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (GRB Great Britain) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |