Vitex agnus-castus L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Lilac Chastetree
🇫🇷 Vitex gattilier, Gattilier, Poivre sauvage, Agneau chaste, Poivre des moines, Arbre au poivre

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Lamiids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Viticoideae
Genus: Vitex
Species: Vitex agnus-castus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): DD Data Deficient

Photographs

img/vitex-agnus-castus.webp — Vitex agnus castus

img/vitex-agnus-castus-2.webp — Vitex agnus castus

img/vitex-agnus-castus-3.webp — Vitex agnus castus - Leaf

Sources

Khela, S. (2013). Vitex agnus-castus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2013. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203350/2764301
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 819). Biotope.