Teucrium fruticans L.

Tree germander (en), Germandrée arbustive (fr), Germandrée en arbre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Teucrium

Characteristics

A herb or shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.4
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a Mediterranean plant. Melbourne Botanical garden.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The leaves are eaten boiled and seasoned with oil.
Uses animal food environmental use oil
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
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 fruticans habit picture by vm06 (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans habit picture by Nathalie Potel (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans habit picture by Acosta García Isabel (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Teucrium fruticans leaf picture by Monteiro Henrique (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans leaf picture by olivier guermeur (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans leaf picture by aaibrb (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Teucrium fruticans flower picture by sandrine morel (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans flower picture by Monteiro Henrique (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans flower picture by serakan (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Teucrium fruticans fruit picture by Lise Saint-Arroman (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans fruit picture by Blanco Pastor Jose Luis (cc-by-sa)
Teucrium fruticans fruit picture by jeremie fremont (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Teucrium fruticans world distribution map, present in Albania, Algeria, Spain, France, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Tunisia, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460416-1
WFO ID wfo-0000322139
COL ID 55XGV
BDTFX ID 75407
INPN ID 125995
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Teucrium angustifolium Teucrium fruticans Teucrium glomeratum Teucrium latifolium Chamaedrys latifolia Teucrium tomentosum Teucrium fruticans subsp. latifolium Teucrium fruticans subsp. prostratum Teucrium fruticans var. latifolium