Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Teucrium aureum Schreb. |
Bibliography | Pl. Verticill. Unilab. Gen. Sp.: xliii (1773) |
Native Range | ne. & se. Spain to Italy |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | white and yellow tomentose, leaves sessile, oblong or linear, obtuse, revolute, crenate, floral heads oblong, dense, solitary, terminal, calyx lobes lanceolate |
Size | 12-30cm |
Color | yellow, white, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Polium aureum (Schreb.) Moench Polium massiliense Jord. & Fourr. Polium saxicola Jord. & Fourr. Teucrium capitatum var. flavescens (Schreb.) Nyman Teucrium commune ssp. aureum (Schreb.) Rouy Teucrium flavescens Schreb. Teucrium flavicans Lam. Teucrium lagascae Sennen Teucrium polium ssp. aureum (Schreb.) Arcang. Teucrium queraltae Sennen |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |