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Cutleaf germander

Teucrium botrys

Also called Cut-leaved germander, Cut Leaf Germander, Cut Leaved Annual Germander

Cutleaf germander
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Europe, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Teucrium botrys, the cutleaf germander or cut-leaved germander is a low to short downy annual, sometimes biennial, plant. It was noted by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and is classified as part of the genus Teucrium in the family Lamiaceae. It has oval, but deeply cut leaves, which appear almost pinnate in form. Its flowers are two-lipped but with the upper lip diminutive. They are pink to purple and form from the stem at the base of the leaves, in whorls. It is in flower in the northern hemisphere from June to October. It prefers limy soils and bare stony ground. It is native to Western Europe, especially France and Germany. It has been introduced into north-eastern North America.

Other Teucrium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Teucrium botrys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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