Teucrium fruticans

Shrubby germander
	Shrubby germander ( Teucrium fruticans )
Systematics
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily :	Ajugoideae
Genre :	Germander ( Teucrium )
Type :	Shrubby germander
Scientific name
	Teucrium fruticans
	L.

The Shrubby germander ( Teucrium fruticans ) is a plant type from the genus germander ( Teucrium ) in the family of Labiatae (Lamiaceae).

description

The shrubby germander is an evergreen shrub with a height of up to 2.5 m. The twigs are square and hairy with white felts. The leaves are lanceolate to ovate, with entire margins, flat and with a short stalk. The underside is hairy white or reddish tomentose, the upper side is thinly tomentose and often bald and becomes shiny.

The inflorescence consists of pseudo whorls of two flowers that sit in the axilla of foliage-like bracts . The calyx is bell-shaped, whitish tomentose on the outside and hairless on the inside. The crown is 15 to 25 mm long and colored blue or purple. The stamens protrude far beyond the crown.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30.

Occurrence

The species is distributed in the western Mediterranean area and is also found in Portugal and on the Adriatic islands of Dalmatia . It grows in dry, sunny locations. Their distribution area includes the countries Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Portugal, Spain, France, Sardinia, Corsica, Italy, Sicily and the former Yugoslavia.

literature

TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (Eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 130 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
Peter Schönfelder, Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos of Mediterranean flora. Over 1600 species and 1600 photos (= KosmosNaturführer ). Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 , pp. 266 .

Individual evidence

^ Teucrium fruticans at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Teucrium - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on January 20, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Teucrium fruticans - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Teucrium fruticans at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Teucrium - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on January 20, 2018.