Teucrium marum L.

Germandrée Marum (fr), Germandrée marum (fr), Germandrée maritime (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Teucrium

Characteristics

A herb or shrub. It grows 30 cm high and spreads 30 cm wide.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	shrub
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
Spread	epizoochory
Mature width (meter)	0.3 - 0.4
Mature height (meter)	0.3 - 0.4
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
Blooming months	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It suits hardiness zone 9.

More

Dry hills and bushy places.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The flowering aerial parts are used for making a liqueur.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	flowers
Therapeutic use	Diaphoretic (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Errhine (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Sternutatory (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

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

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:460544-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000322309
COL ID	55XLQ
BDTFX ID	75408
INPN ID	126006
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Chamaedrys quadratula Chamaedrys marum Teucrium marum

Lower taxons

Teucrium marum subsp. marum