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Teucrium africanum
Teucrium africanum is a small, greyish, bushy shrublet from the arid Cape region of South Africa, growing 10 to 30 cm tall. It needs full sun, very well-drained soil and little water, as it is drought tolerant.
Teucrium africanum, commonly called the Cape or African woodsage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is endemic to South Africa.
This species is found in arid conditions from Bredasdorp in the Western Cape through the Klein Karoo to near Makhanda and inland to Middelburg and Graaff-Reinet.
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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.
