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Teucrium capitatum L.  
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FamilyLAMIACEAE
Genus speciesTeucrium capitatum L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 566 (1753)
Native RangeMedit. to Afghanistan
Primary BiomeSubtropical
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-900m
Descriptionleaves linear or lanceolate-linear, entire or at apex crenate, adaxially grey-green, abaxially whitish, pubescent, heads minute in corymb or raceme
Size5-40cm
Coloryellow
Bloomspring, summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C
cuttings in late spring and late summer
SynonymsChamaedrys capitata (L.) Raf.
Polium album Garsault
Polium capitatum (L.) Mill.
Teucrium achaemensis Schreb.
Teucrium album Poir.
Teucrium belion Schreb.
Teucrium capitatum ssp. gussonii Nyman
Teucrium capitatum ssp. gypsicola Mateo & Arán
Teucrium capitatum var. lazari Sennen & Mauricio
Teucrium capitatum var. microcephalum Sennen
Teucrium capitatum var. mirandanum Font Quer & Sennen
Teucrium capitatum var. polioides Rouy
Teucrium capitatum var. riojanus Sennen & Elias
Teucrium commune ssp. capitatum (L.) Rouy
Teucrium commune var. intermedium Rouy
Teucrium commune var. polioides Rouy
Teucrium cymosum Pers.
Teucrium majorana Pers.
Teucrium polium var. achaemensis (Schreb.) Nyman
Teucrium polium ssp. album (Poir.) Breistr.
Teucrium polium var. bombycinum Heldr.
Teucrium polium ssp. capitatum (L.) Arcang.
Teucrium polium var. gnaphalodes Benth.
Teucrium polium var. humbertii Maire & Sennen
Teucrium polium var. max-onnoi Sennen
Teucrium polium var. polycephalum (Pomel) Briq. ex Emb. & Maire
Teucrium polium var. scoparium Faure & Maire
Teucrium polium var. tonsum Stapf.
Teucrium polycephalum Pomel
Territory1 Europe
     12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan)
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey)
     35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, KUW Kuwait, SAU Saudi Arabia)
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