Teucrium fruticans L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Shrubby Germander
🇫🇷 Germandrée arbustive, Germandrée en arbre

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Ajugoideae
Tribe: Teucrieae
Genus: Teucrium
Species: Teucrium fruticans

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): EN Endangered

Notes

Commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant but much rarer in the wild. Essentially found along the Mediterranean coast, in the Pyrenees, and in Corsica.

Photographs

img/teucrium-fruticans.webp — *Teucrium fruticans*

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 815). Biotope.