Phlomis fruticosa
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Phlomis |
| Species: | P. fruticosa |
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Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem Sage) is a perennial herb of the Lamiaceae family, native to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and regions of the former Yugoslavia.
Phlomis fruticosa is a small shrub, up to 4 feet tall, popular in ornamental gardens for its foliage, scent, and flowers. Yellow, tubular flowers grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes. Sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 2-4 inches long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs.
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- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network entry
- Michigan State University entry
- Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
- Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
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- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
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