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Phlomis fruticosa

Species of flowering plants in the sage family

Summary

Species of flowering plants in the sage family

Phlomis fruticosa, the Jerusalem sage, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Albania, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Turkey.

It is a small evergreen shrub, up to 1 m tall by 1.5 m wide. The sage-like, aromatic leaves are oval, 5–10 cm (2-4ins) long, wrinkled, grey-green with white undersides, and covered with fine hairs. Deep yellow, tubular flowers, 3 cm in length, grow in whorls of 20 in short spikes in summer.

The specific epithet fruticosa means "shrubby".

It is popular as an ornamental plant, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

As a garden escape, it has naturalised in parts of South West England.

It is listed as deer resistant, hardy in zones 7 to 11, and tolerant of a range of soil types.

References

  • 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.

References

  1. {{BSBI 2007
  2. (2008). "RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants". Dorling Kindersley.
  3. Harrison, Lorraine. (2012). "RHS Latin for gardeners". Mitchell Beazley.
  4. "RHS Plant Selector - ''Phlomis fruticosa''".
  5. (July 2017). "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society.
  6. (1976). "Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles, edn 8, III. N-Rh". John Murray.
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