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Teucrium fruticans

Flowering Plants

Teucrium fruticans, known as tree germander or shrubby germander, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean. It is a spreading evergreen shrub growing to about 1 metre tall and 4 metres wide, with arching velvety white shoots, glossy aromatic leaves, and pale blue flowers in summer. Its Latin specific epithet, fruticans, means shrubby or bushy. The cultivar Azureum, noted for its darker flowers, has received horticultural recognition, and the species is cold hardy within appropriate conditions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
Scientific Name
Teucrium fruticans 1
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Lamiaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Teucrium fruticans
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1. Teucrium fruticans (Wikipedia)
  • Wikidata Q140935 (P225 taxon name)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 388439
    Teucrium fruticans (common name tree germander or shrubby germander) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to the western and central Mediterranean.
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Wikidata: Teucrium fruticans
Child Taxon Of: Lamiaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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