Teucrium botrys L.

Cutleaf germander (en), Germandrée botryde (fr), Germandrée Botryde (fr), Germandrée en grappe (fr), Germandrée femelle (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Teucrium

Characteristics

Much branched annual 1–3 dm; stems glandular-villosulous; lvs 1–2 cm, deeply and ± ternately divided into short, obtuse, oblong segments; petioles 5–10 mm; bracts not much smaller than the lvs; fls usually 4–6 at each node, on pedicels 4–8 mm; cal strongly saccate at base, especially in age, eventually to 1 cm, its lobes shorter than the tube, broadly triangular, the 2 lower somewhat the smaller; cor 15–20 mm; 2n=32. Native of Europe, occasionally intr. in waste places from N. Engl. to O. and W.Va. July–Sept.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Fibroma (unspecified)
Human toxicity liver toxic (aerial)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Teucrium botrys habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium botrys habit picture by Matt P. Walser (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium botrys habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Teucrium botrys leaf picture by Philippe Wyss (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium botrys leaf picture by Marine Germier (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium botrys leaf picture by Karl-Heinz Riedinger (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Teucrium botrys flower picture by Philippe Wyss (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium botrys flower picture by Daniel Bourget (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium botrys flower picture by Thibaut Durr (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Teucrium botrys world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Algeria, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460274-1
WFO ID wfo-0000321904
COL ID 55XCP
BDTFX ID 67323
INPN ID 125976
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Teucrium alpinum Teucrium chamaedryoides Teucrium collinum Chamaedrys botrys Chamaedrys laciniata Teucrium botrys f. albiflora Teucrium botrydium Scorodonia botrys Trixago botrys Botrys chamaedryoides Monochilon bipinnatifidus Teucrium botrys