Teucrium kraussii Codd

An erect soft undershrub 0.5-1.1 m tall, branching from the base; stems simple below, branched in the upper half or third, softly woody below, 4-angled, finely to fairly densely tomentose, usually with spreading hairs. Leaves subsessile, upper surface subglabrous or sparingly hispidulous, lower surface sparingly to fairly densely hispid and minutely gland-dotted, narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 25-60 x 6-12 mm, remotely 1-few-toothed towards the apex or entire, apex obtuse to acute, base narrowly cuneate, margin flat or slightly revolute. Inflorescence a leafy panicle occupying the upper third of the stem, often diffusely branched; flowers in 2-7-flowered pedunculate cymes; peduncle 6-20 mm long, pedicels 3-8 mm long. Calyx finely pubescent, 2.5-3.5 mm long; teeth lanceolate-deltoid, 1-1.5 mm long. Corolla 5-6 mm long; tube 2-3 mm long; lower lip oblong-obovate, 2.5-3 mm long, slightly concave, remaining 4 lobes oblong, rounded, 2 mm long. Stamens exserted by 5-7 mm.

It is a subtropical plant.

The leaves are eaten as a snack and also cooked as a vegetable and used for flavouring.