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Phlomis chrysophylla
Goldleaf Lampwick (Phlomis chrysophylla) is an evergreen shrub from the Mint family, growing about 1 m tall and 1.2 m wide, with woolly, sage-like leaves and yellow early-summer flowers. It needs full sun, well-drained soil and some winter protection in cool climates.
Phlomis chrysophylla, the golden-leaved Jerusalem sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae , native to southwest Asia. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 1.2 m (4 ft) wide, with woolly-textured, sage-like leaves that turn lime green with age, and yellow flowers carried in the leaf axils in early summer.
The specific epithet chrysophylla means "golden-leaved".
Shrubby Jerusalem sage · Large Flowered Lampwick · Longleaf Lampwick · Turkish Sage · Jerusalem sage
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phlomis chrysophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
