Teucrium polium

Plant Characteristics

Height:	⇕	4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. to 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Width:	⇔	6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
USDA Zones:		7 to 10
Flower features:	❀	orange, yellow, blue, purple

Scientific Names

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Teucrium polium (known popularly as felty germander) is a sub-shrub and herb native to the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Its flowers are small and range from pink to white, and its leaves are used in cooking and for medicinal purposes, particularly for the treatment of stomach ailments.

Read about Teucrium polium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Teucrium polium, Linn. Low canescent-tomentose, lanate or rarely pilose-hispid shrubs, 2-6, rarely 12 in. high: basal branches procumbent, ascending or rarely sub-erect: lvs. cuneate-oblong or linear, sessile, crenate, margin revolute, upper surface very short-tomentose, densely lanate or pilose, color, especially above, yellowish hoary, golden or rarely green; floral lvs. similar: floral whorls few, 2-6-fld., condensed in a globose or oblong head, which is solitary or often several corymbosely glomerate: fls. white, yellow, or purple; calyx tubular-campanulate; corolla small. Medit. region and Orient.—A decidedly variable species. Var. flavescens, Benth. (T. aureum, Schreb.), has broader lvs., very hairy heads and yellow tips to the branches. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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