Phlomis fruticosa
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Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem sage[1]) is a species of flowering plant of the Lamiaceae family, native to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and regions of the former Yugoslavia.
It is a small evergreen shrub, up to 1 m (3 ft) tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide. The sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 2-4 inches long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs. Light yellow, tubular flowers, 3 cm in length, grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes in summer.[2]
The specific epithet fruticosa means "shrubby".[3]
It is popular as an ornamental plant, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
As a garden escape, it has naturalised in parts of South West England.[5]
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References
- ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Phlomis fruticosa". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=plant/phlomis-fruticosa
- 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.
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
- 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.