Grey Germander

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©Teucrium racemosum Chris Lindorff CC2.5, Teucrium racemosum Russel Best CC2.5

Teucrium racemosum


Low subshrub to 60 cm with rigid grey leaves, square stems. Pairs of narrow oval-shaped leaves with wavy margins, downy on the upper surface white woolly on the uinderside.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

White, five-lobed flowers, four of equal size and the bottom lobe twice the length of the other lobes.

Biology

Perennial. Well drained soils on sands and clays.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Jul-May

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Teucrium
Species
racemosum

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native