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Teucrium betchei

Teucrium betchei
Photo: Andrew Thornhill, CC BY 4.0

Teucrium betchei is a perennial herb or undershrub from eastern Australia, with square stems, narrow opposite leaves and small white flowers. It is a native of grassy woodland and disturbed ground, so it suits a sunny, well-drained spot with little fuss.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between drinks; it tolerates dry conditions once established.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or loamy soil; poor soil is fine.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates frost in the wild but protect young plants from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Teucrium betchei is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a perennial herb or undershrub with rod-like stems, linear to very narrow lance-shaped leaves and white flowers.

Where it grows

Teucrium betchei grows in grassy woodland and on disturbed sites, mainly on the North West Slopes of New South Wales and the Darling Downs of south-eastern Queensland.

Other Teucrium plants

African Woodsage · Teucrium albicaule · Native Germander · Teucrium aroanium · Teucrium balfourii · Teucrium balthazaris · Cutleaf germander · Canada germander · Wall germander · Forest Germander · Small coastal germander · Shrubby germander

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Teucrium betchei 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.

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